We have about 130 unclaimed corpses, Medical Director, Delta State Central Hospital, Agbor raises alarm

*We now have a minimum of 20 hours power supply 

BY DANIEL EFE

The Medical Director, Delta State Central Hospital Agbor, Ika South Local Government area, Dr. Roy Maduka has revealed that the hospital now has about one hundred and thirty (130) unclaimed unidentified corpses.

Dr. Roy Maduka, Medical Director,Delta State Central Hospital, Agbor 

The Medical Director disclosed this while speaking with some Journalists in his office.

He explained  that due to the geographical location of Agbor town, which is a gateway town to travellers with a major Federal highway with almost 24 hours high volume of traffic connecting the East and the Western part of the country, and other state intersections, a lot of accident victims are brought in and their identities are unknown, thereby making the mortuary congested. 

The Management of the Central Hospital had given three months notice to relations of those whose dead bodies are in the mortuary to claim the corpses or hospital will be forced to conduct mass burials to decongest the hospital.

He disclosed that although the State Government has approved the construction of another mortuary, yet, job has not commenced. 

Furthermore, he pointed out that though there is constant power supply, with an average of 20 hours a day, unless there is fault on  the national grid electricity cannot power the oxygen plant, adding that the current generating plant level consumption is very overstretched. 

Another area of challenge, he said, is the inadequacy of staff. According to him, “We rely more on NYSC for support, but unfortunately we don’t have enough accommodation for them. The present staff building we have has only 16 ‘face me I face you’ rooms and as I am talking with you, we have 36 corpers living there.” 

He stressed the need for private sectors and well-meaning wealthy individuals to assist the government in providing some of the things that the hospital is lacking, as he maintained that the government has tried, but cannot do everything.

 He therefore, appealed to those who have the means to step in and contribute their own quota for better health service delivery in the hospital, as he maintained that the hospital has the highest land mass among all the public hospitals in Delta State, and can accommodate whatever structure anyone would want to put in place.

Furthermore, he pointed out that though there is constant power supply, the electricity cannot power the oxygen plant, adding that the current generating plant level consumption is very high. 

Another area of challenge, he said, is the inadequacy of staff. According to him, “We rely more on NYSC for support, but unfortunately we don’t have enough accommodation. The present staff building we have has only 16 ‘face me I face you’ rooms and as I am talking with you, we have 36 corpers living there.” 

He stressed the need for private sectors and well-meaning wealthy individuals to assist the government in providing some of the things that the hospital is lacking, as he maintained that the government has tried, but cannot do everything. He therefore, appealed to those who have the means to step in and contribute their own quota for better health service delivery in the hospital, as he maintained that the hospital has the highest land mass among all the public hospitals in Delta State, and can accommodate whatever structure anyone would want to put in place.