By OGHENETEJIRI NYERHOVWO
The last may not have been heard in the crisis rocking Central Hospital, Sapele in Delta State as the panel set up by the Hospital Management Board has allegedly recommended that Mrs Caroline Azigbo, the Hospital Administrator be demoted and transferred over alleged acts of misconduct.
It could be recalled that one Mr Efe Iyanu on Friday, January 26, 2018 allegedly assaulted a staff of the hospital Mr Lewis Oghueh, while the Medical Director, Dr. Peter Edevbie who invited the two men to sort-out an issue allegedly watched helplessly.
Following the tension the incident generated in the Hospital, the Director Hospital Services, Delta State Hospital Management Board queried the Medical Director who then hurriedly set-up a 5-man administrative panel to investigate the matter.
The 5-man panel led by Dr. Aragbah has submitted its report to the Medical Director allegedly recommending punitive action of two steps demotion and transfer for Mrs. Azigbo.
Findings revealed that in a deft move, Mrs Azigbo had allegedly recruited one Ebo Keseme Daniel, Secretary Hospital Service (SHS),Delta State Hospital Management Board to not only quash the recommendations, but has gone a step ahead to transfer some top hospital management staff, who they considered as not cooperative in the current saga.
To cover their track, Ebo has allegedly transferred the Auditor and Deputy to Mrs Azigbo in a move many staff in the hospital termed as vindictive, because the two management staff has refused to be compromised.
It was further gathered that the alleged crime of the transferred Auditor, is having the temerity to allegedly query an alleged monthly remittance through the Hospital Administrator, Mrs Azigbo to Ebo.
Not done, the Secretary, Hospital Services has also been fingered in alleged attempt to bully some staff who were witness to the assaulted Mr. Oghueh from testifying before the visiting panel constituted by Director Hospital Service, Delta State Hospital Management Board, a situation which has created palpable fear among the staff.
According to a source in the hospital who pleaded anonymity for fear of being victimized, “if God did not intervene in this matter nothing will come out, Mrs Azigbo ‘owns’ Hospital Management Board, anything she wants, with the help of Ebo, Secretary, Hospital Service, she gets. That is why she has become a demi-god in Central hospital, Sapele.”
It could recalled that trouble started when the Hospital Administrator’s car had battery problem and she requested that Mr. Oghueh who is incharge of the hospital generator to give her one of the batteries, but rather than return after use, it was alleged that she converted it to her personal use and all efforts to make her return it failed to yield the desired result as she was alleged to have resorted to threats and intimidation
Contacted for his reaction on his mobile phone, Ebo, Secretary, Hospital Service on reasons why Mrs. Azigbo who was allegedly transferred in November 2017 got the posting withdrawn because the woman allegedly makes monthly returns to him, he dismissed the allegation as unfounded and baseless.
