medical centre, Owerri in order to reorganize, restrategise and
redefine rules of engagement at the hospital.
Minister of health, Prof. Isaac Adewole made this known yesterday in
Abuja while briefing newsmen on the crisis at the hospital.
He said an interim administration will be put in place to oversee the
affairs of the institution and do a staff audit to ensure proper
restoration of services.
Security agencies have also been directed to offer maximum security
for all government owned properties at the federal medical centre.
The crisis at the hospital began in April 2015 when the medical
director of the hospital, Dr. Angela Uwakwem forwarded a proposal on
the introduction of Public Private Partnership (PPP) in some revenue
generating units of the hospital to the top management committee, in
order to entrench accountability and increase the revenue base of the
hospital.
Adewole said the proposal was vehemently opposed by people who may
have been benefitting from the system and went on to incite the
unions, adding that the federal government is fully in support of PPP
especially in the health sector.
He said the fact finding committee set up by government exonerated the
medical director from allegations leveled against her and the
government recalled her, which sparked off another round of protests
from the union which insisted she must go.
The minister said his visit to the hospital was quite revealing and he
was saddened because it showed labour unionism at the highest level of
impunity saying employees of government who have been their salaries
regularly were clad in black and were chanting solidarity songs.
-DailyTrust
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