IS COTTAGE HOSPITAL AMECHI AWKUNANAW THIS CORRUPT?

Cottage Hospital Amechi Awkunanaw currently services over 500 women and children in the area with support from Government and non governmental agencies alike. 

The Health care center has received lots of free medical supplies, equipments and donations from some organizations like Vigor Health Drive Inc to mention just one.

But reports reaching AV is that most of these medical supplies which were meant for free distribution to cater for the unmet needs of patients and their families in the community is now being sold to them.

Strangely, BP checks which is done free at other similar health facilities now costs #20.00 for Children and #50.00 for adults at the hospital's lobby.

 The pharmacy unit sells a pair of gloves for #50.00 to patients. But the last straw that broke the camel's back in the matter is that the Nurses now collects service charges for injections without issuing receipts for the fees and yet claim that those fees goes into the government coffers.

Children and adults pay #100.00 to the Nurses for each injection given to them, this means that for 3 injections, #300.00 must be paid.

Due to the high cost of medication at the hospital, most people now resort to cheap and very dangerous self medication with quack drug stores, while pregnant women in the area now patronize local mid-wife's homes. 

Amechi Awkunanaw and Amechi-Uwani is fast becoming a harbinger of Yorubas Baba-ijebu traditional medicine dealers.

AV is hereby calling on the attention of the Enugu South Local Government Council to please research on this matter and do justice to it as usual. We thank our able and action Mayor and his team for their contributions and continued efforts within a very short time in office.