Being the first of a three part series of an investigation into the massive corruption in UCTH which has led to the loss of umpteen number of lives in four years. How UCTH Massacred Patients By Cutting Central Oxygen Supply By CrossRiverWatch Admin Follow @crossriverwatch The management of the University of Calabar Teaching Hospital (UCTH),
By CrossRiverWatch Admin The Chief Medical Director of the University of Calabar Teaching Hospital, Dr. Thomas Agan has said that over 90 percent of deaths recorded in health facilities are caused by the attitude of health care givers. Dr. Agan stated this in an interview with the SUN’s Judex Okoro recently where he spoke on
By CrossRiverWatch Admin Information reaching CrossRiverWatch shows that a medical doctor serving in the University of Calabar Teaching Hospital, Dr. Itoro Asanga has been kidnapped. Dr. Asanga was kidnapped in the early hours of Thursday while preparing for work at Amika Utuk street off Goldie street in Calabar, the Cross River State capital. As at
By Ushang Ewa There is currently a meningitis outbreak in Calabar, the Cross River State capital with no fewer than 6 cases already treated in the past two weeks at the University of Calabar Teaching Hospital. CrossRiverWatch findings reveal that the outbreak may have been suppressed by Government with the Commissioner for Health, Dr. Inyang
By CrossRiverWatch Admin The victims of the April 20, 2017 Calabar viewing center tragedy which saw 8 lives lost and several others receive various degrees of injuries are yet to receive full compensation despite much publicized help given by concerned personalities and corporate bodies. This is even as the death toll has risen to 9
By CrossRiverWatch Admin An 18 month-old baby, Delight has been killed by kerosene explosion which occurred last week Tuesday at Ikot Eka-Ndem in Calabar, the Cross River State capital. The baby’s uncle is still in critical condition at the University of Calabar Teaching Hospital (UCTH). Baby Delight died before arriving UCTH after the uncle (unnamed)
By Jonathan Ugbal A Lassa fever case has claimed one life at the University of Calabar Teaching Hospital (UCTH), Calabar the Cross River State capital CrossRiverWatch authoritatively reports. The deceased is a Youth Corper, identified as Onwuegbuzie, Stanley Samuel CR/16B/2098 was serving in Community Secondary School, Ofodua, Obubra LGA. The Cross River State commissioner for
By Jonathan Ugbal Patients in the University of Calabar Teaching Hospital (UCTH) may be more than merely excited at the prospects of the court finding the Chief Medical Director (CMD), Dr. Thomas Agan and sentencing him to a long term in jail CrossRiverWatch findings reveal. Since a Federal High Court sitting in Calabar on Monday,