Lagos hospital pays N20m monthly electricity bill for three hours of power

Power minister, Adelabu

The outgoing Medical Director of Federal Medical Centre, Ebute Metta, Dr Adedamola Dada, said the hospital had been paying N20 million monthly electricity bill for just three hours of daily public power supply.

According to him, this extraordinary expense has led to the consumption of 80,000 litres of diesel on a monthly basis to ensure uninterrupted supply of power in the facility to maintain critical health care services.

Dada disclosed this at a media parley organised to highlight some of the hospital achievement and challenges on Saturday.

He said the hospital generated 95 per cent of its power in the past seven years to ensure uninterrupted supply to keep the facility running and meet the health needs of its patients.

The medical director, who noted that the development had impacted the hospital financially, said power was essential for the smooth running of any functional health facility.

“We are the only federal public hospital that receives two to three hours supply of public power but we provide 24 hours power because we are automated and can’t function without power. Punch