Tension in Rivers as three VIPs die in 5 days

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COVID-19: Tension in Rivers as three VIPs die in 5 days
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By Egufe Yafugborhi

Health workers use proxy to bare frustrations on avoidable risks of infection they are subjected to at the Rivers State University Teaching Hospital where three VIP coronavirus cases died in five days.

Against the Hippocratic Oath, it was impossible, last week, for former Braithwaite Memorial Specialist Hospital (BMH), now Rivers State University Teaching Hospital (RSUTH), Port Harcourt, to conceal the identity of three Very Important Personalities (VIPs)who  died of  suspected coronavirus within five days.

The facility, one of the isolation centres equipped by Governor Nyesom Wike, now appears as the preferred destination for VIP cases in Rivers.

On May 25, news filtered in that Amaehwule Anele, Director of Treasury at the State Ministry Finance, had died of the pandemic at the place.

Three days after, Acting Executive Director, Finance and Administration (EDFA), Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), Chief Ibanga Etang, and Chairman,…



Source: Vanguard Newspaper