The University Health Services started in 1972 as an outpatient clinic for students. Members of staff and their dependants were attended to by appointed private doctors in ÍæÅ¼½ã½ã up to 1979. The Government funding to the University operations was sufficientÌýÌý up to the late 1980’s. However with introduction of structural adjustment programs in the 1990’s, the government funding to the University was reduced thereby affecting provision of various services including health care.