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There are fears the poor health indices recorded by the country and the spread of COVID-19 may get worse as the ongoing strike by resident doctors paralysed activities in 98 per cent of government hospitals nationwide.
When The Guardian reporters visited Federal Government-owned hospitals and health institutions across the 36 states and Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Abuja, patients and their relatives were seen groaning in despair. Most of the hospitals had started discharging patients while others had stopped admitting new ones.
Resident doctors in most of the hospitals visited complied fully with the strike directive from their parent body. Only medical consultants and nurses were seen offering skeletal services.
N68m UCTH Isolation Centre Contract Debt: Court begins pre-trial vanguardngr.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from vanguardngr.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
UCTH N68m Isolation Centre Contract debt: Out of court settlement fails
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By Ike Uchechukwu
Following the break down of settlement talks between the Management of University Calabar Teaching Hospital, UCTH and Contractor, Obi Achara Nigeria Ltd, a High Court sitting in Calabar yesterday issued a consent to pre-trial and hearing notice to management Board of the Hospital.
Vanguard learned that the failed out of court settlement talks was about the contract sum in the tune of N68 million after the contractor ( Obi Achara Nigeria Ltd) built an isolation centre at the hospital.
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Twenty four hours after the country, last Thursday, recorded 23 Coronavirus (COVID-19)-induced deaths- the highest single-day count of fatalities, situation degenerated further last Friday with the number of infections soaring to 1, 867- the highest single-day count since the pandemic broke out in Nigeria.