Reactions trail UBTH’s increases of medical bills by 100 per cent

The summation successful admittance deposits for the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) by the absorption of the University of Benin Teaching Hospital (UBTH), from N500,000 to N1 million, has sparked reactions among residents successful Edo State.

DAILY POST reports that the summation represents a 100 per cent hike successful the outgo of accessing captious attraction services astatine the hospital.

The bureau of the Chairman, Medical Advisory Committee (CMAC), disclosed this successful an interior memorandum dated January 30, 2026. The memo approved an upward reappraisal of ward consumables and admittance deposits crossed the hospital.

Other caller admittance deposit increments include: N150,000 for aesculapian wards, N200,000 for backstage wards, N100,000 for day-case admissions, N150,000 for orthopaedic wards, N200,000 for neuro wards and N150,000 for obstetrics and gynaecology wards

Ward consumables were besides reviewed upward to N20,000 per week for patients successful the Labour and Emergency Complex, portion mean wards volition present pull N15,000 per week.

The memo said the reappraisal became indispensable successful presumption of prevailing backing realities and the request to p...