By Ugochukwu Eke, Umuahia
THE Director of the Federal Medical Centre (FMD), Abakaliki, Ebonyi State, Dr Abali Chuku, escaped death by the whiskers on Monday night as a gang of gunmen shot him twice in front of his official home. The incident occurred while he was trying to retrieve some materials from his vehicle shortly after a meeting at the centre.
The Medical Director was shot at 7.30 pm and left to die. Believing that he was dead, the gang allegedly jumped over the fence to make their escape on Ikot Ekpene road.
Abali is on admission at the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) of the hospital. The Senior Staff Association of the hospital has requested that he be flown abroad for further treatment.
He was said to have concluded a meeting with a delegation from the Federal Ministry of Health, which was sent by the Minister of Health to look into the crisis between the hospital management and Medical Laboratory Scientists.
Commissioner of Police Bala Hassan confirmed the incident. He said he has visited the hospital. Bala said the police have begun investigation into the incident.
The hospital workers said they would embark on a two-day strike to protest the development.
The resident doctors called for the strengthening of security in the hospital, adding that the hospital is no longer safe for them to work.
Governor Theodore Orji has also condemned the incident, describing it as inhumanity to man.
Orji directed the Commissioner of Police to bring the perpetrators to book and assured of security of life and property in the state.
via The Nation
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