Ugboma, who spoke at a media briefing yesterday, in Port Harcourt, while clearing the air about the news that made the round on the internet that 14 babies died in the intensive care unit of the hospital due to a power outage, refuted the claims, saying nothing like that happened and.
The CMD, however, admitted that although the hospital transformer was faulty, the medical facility was running on a generator, especially in sensitive areas, insisting that babies couldn’t die under the watch of competent paediatricians.
“Politics should not be brought into what concerns the hospital and personal scores and all that should not be settled with people’s lives. Anybody that might have had any experience that they do not like should let the management know rather than destroy the hospital.
“About electricity, we had an issue with our transformer because it blew. And this can happen anywhere in the world. But even with that, we have generators that the government gave to us. We have about four heavy-duty generators that supply light to the whole hospital. We also have about six small others that are dedicated to some sensitive areas.
“The social media was awash with the story that about 14 to 19 babies died in this teaching hospital. First, nothing like that will happen in a teaching hospital, it is not possible when we have the best of paediatricians and they will sit back and watch babies die, it can not be imagined,” he said.
