President Muhammadu Buhari has reappointed Prof. Henry Anthony Arinze Ugboma as the Chief Medical Director of the University of Port Harcourt Teaching Hospital.
This was announced on the hospital’s Facebook page.
Ugboma, a professor of medicine and a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress in Rivers State was re-appointed to oversee the hospital’s affairs for another term of five years.
His reappointment on Friday comes amidst accusations of the poor running of the teaching hospital.
Standard Observers had reported that 14 babies died at the hospital within three weeks following constant power outages, with some patients saying some surgery procedures have also been suspended due to irregular power supply.
A medical officer at the hospital who spoke to Standardobservers on the conditions of anonymity said among the dead babies were the twin babies of a woman who had been looking for the fruit of the womb for seven years.
She said the woman gave birth last month but due to the premature nature of the delivery, they were put in an incubator.
“I’m saddened. We lost those twins yesterday (Wednesday) because of power failure at the hospital. More than 14 babies have died at the incubator in the past weeks due to power failure”, she said.
Other patients told our correspondent that they were being referred to private hospitals by doctors due to the poor power situation.
They added that their relatives use their phone lights to aid doctors and nurses who are taking care of the person he rushed to the Accident and Emergency Ward.
