The Chief Medical
Director, CMD, Alex Ekweme Federal University Teaching Hospital, AE-FTHA, Dr.
Emeka Ogah at the weekend said that high rate of poverty in Ebonyi State has
made many men to deny their wives while in hospital in the state.
Ogah made this known
while addressing political stakeholders of the state during the official launch
of a PET Project of the wife of Ebonyi governor, Rachael Umahi, in Abakaliki.
Ogah lamented that
such attitude and actions has affected the growth of the hospital, hence many
of them cannot pay their hospital bills after treatments.
He stated further that
a greater number of patients stay longer than expected, thereby resulting to
congestion of the hospital, adding that such situation would create no space
for the new patients.
The CMD revealed
further that a greater number of patients as a result of poverty had attempted
to run away after treatments to avoid paying the bills.
