By Gabriel Ogunjobi, Foundation for Investigative Journalism Medical interns at the University of Calabar Teaching Hospital (UCTH) in Cross River State have been suspended since August 2 for asking the hospital to settle its 10-month salary indebtedness to them, FIJ can report. According to a circular signed by Ededet Eyoma, UCTH’s Director of Administration, the
By CrossRiverWatch Admin Chief Consultant Neurosurgeon in the University of Calabar Teaching Hospital (UCTH) Dr. Mathias O. Nnadi is dead. He was pronounced dead on arrival at the hospital where he works yesterday. UCTH authorities have said the doctor died of COVID-19 related symptoms and have requested all doctors and medical workers who attended to
By Patrick Obia Dr. Godwin Udoh has been kidnapped by unknown gunmen, sources close to him say. Dr. Godwin, a senior registrar in the Department of Internal Medicine, University of Calabar Teaching Hospital (UCTH) was kidnapped on Sunday evening in his house in Calabar. His abductors have called and demanded for ransom with the sum
By Jonathan Ugbal Dr. Ikongshul Alorye, a House Officer in the Department of Accident and Emergency of the University of Calabar Teaching Hospital (UCTH) was kidnapped on Monday in Calabar, the Cross River State capital. This is happening less than a week after. Dr. Vivien Otu, kidnapped in the last week of August, was released.
By Jonathan Ugbal Dr. Vivien Otu, the pediatrician in the University of Calabar Teaching Hospital who was kidnapped on August 28, 2020 has been released. She was abducted shortly after a meal at a restaurant in Calabar, the Cross River State capital. Security sources confirmed this to CrossRiverWatch moments ago. Also, the Chairman of the
By Jonathan Ugbal The chronicles of the SARS – CoV-2 in Cross River remains one of discordant tones as the state’s chapter of the Association of Medical Laboratory Scientists of Nigeria (AMLSN) has written the Nigerian Center for Disease Control (NCDC) decrying what it perceives to be sharp practices. The association said while the two
By Jonathan Ugbal Contrary to the expectations of many Cross Riverians, the Nigerian Center for Disease Control (NCDC) did not authenticate the results as contained in the Health Advisory of the University of Calabar Teaching Hospital (UCTH) dated July 3, 2020. In the early hours of July 4, 2020, the NCDC announced 454 new cases
By Jonathan Ugbal Barely 24 hours after Cross River Governor, Benedict Ayade was seen dancing in celebration of claims that the state did not record a confirmed case of COVID-19, the management of the University of Calabar Teaching Hospital (UCTH) has informed her staff that five samples taken to Ebonyi state for test have returned