ONCHOCERCIASIS INTENSIVE CASE CENTRE SHAO. (A BRANCH OF UNILORIN MEDICAL INSTITUTE
ONCHOCERCIASIS INTENSIVE CASE CENTRE SHAO. (A BRANCH OF UNILORIN MEDICAL INSTITUTE
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1983-06
Authors
LAD1MEJI, AYANDA OYENIYI OMOTOSO
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Abstract
The effect of Onchocerciasis is very much undesirable and unpleasant
to human l i f e : It affects human in the skin, and the Rye. This then
results in dyspigmentation of the skin and or partial or total
blindness. There hasn't been any centre for the treatment for the
said disease and so the need for a treatment centre ia necessitated with
the rate at which it spreads all over the country. The disease is found
along the equitorial and sub equitorial region of the world. This
thesis write - up therefore gives the account of architectural design
proposals of an intensive care centre proposed for onchocerciasis
In this proposed centre, there are three main sections:- They are the
Treatment section which is the core of the centre, the Research Section
and the general Administration Section. All the procedures, steps and
methods adopted in arriving at the end product i e , a functionally and
aesthetically designed centre are fully and detailly dealt within the
five main parts to which this write- up is sub-divided. It comprise
Ten main Chapters each dealing fully with specific aspects of the centre,
relating from personal contacts with proffessionals and specialists in
the field, especifically to Dr. Wambebe of Pharmacy departments Or. Aguije
of A.B.U. Teaching Hospital, Dr. W. 0. Gregory of NITT. Kaduna, Dr. D.L.
Edungbola University of I l o r i n Teaching Hospital and Alhaji Babatunde of
Basic Health Clinic Shao,) Clinical/midecal books, journals on the
disease, Architectural books on Research and Hospital designs, Magazines
read, up to the design stage. Though less of the personal contact was
made because, there is not a specific tyre of i t s like in the country
to which it can be likened and so Tor most of the technical data
collection, I relied majorly on the architectural magazines, text books,
journals, and other medical magazines to aquiant me with the disease in
questionand the technicality involved in the operative aspect of the
centre. The five parts thesis write - up is briefly highlighted below.
The Introductory part is mainly on the research, and investigation
so as to be able to organise a logical and accurate programme of
requirements on which the design is based. Then the contacts made
with interested personels and the proffesionals and s p e c i a l i t s in the
field and started building upon their knowledge and views. This some
part also gives what the disease i s , the treatment so far adopted, then
what motivated me into designing the said centre, the purpose of
designing i t . In this part, there is discussion on medical research in
Nigeria i e , Historical background of medical Research in Nigeria, the
present, situation of medical research in Nigeria. Then there is the
record of Research already conducted on Onchocerciasis and that is
s t i l l being conducted. The Sample of existing related Institutions
l i k e the NITT kaduna and medical Science Building and teaching
Hospitals at Hershey'. U.S.A. wherein in Hershey medical science
building, there is the research section on cancer and general treatment
for the community then there are teaching f a c i l i t i e s all compounded in
a single semi-circular complex with the Clinical section at the front and
the research and teaching f a c i l i t i e s at the background and quiet zone.
The chapter that follows this deals with the centre, the concept of the
centre scope and function of the centre, Operational and Organizational
structure and finally in the same part is the architectural implication
of the centre - the whole system set up - f l e x i b i l i t y , Rerponao to the
present need, and the convention of hospital design having a clinical
Description
A THESIS SUBMITTED TO THE P0STGRADUATE SCHOOL,
AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY, IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF
THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE DEGREE OF MASTER OF SCEINCE IN
ARCHITECTURE
DEPARTMENT OF ARCHITECTURE
FACULTY OF ENVIRONMENTAL DESIGN
AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY,
ZARIA
JUNE, 1983
Keywords
ONCHOCERCIASIS,, INTENSIVE,, CASE,, CENTRE,, SHAO,, (A BRANCH OF UNILORIN MEDICAL INSTITUTE)