The unthinkable happened at the weekend
when armed robbers unleashed hell on
patients and workers at the General Hospital,
Agbarho in Ughelli North Local Government
Area of Delta State.


According to the Sun online, when the robbers
attacked the hospital, they defiled patients and
female workers before carting away their
belongings including cash, GSM handsets and
other valuables.
Finding revealed that the robbers, who were
many, shot into the air on arrival and ordered
the people around, including medical
personnel to lie face down before executing
their mission.
It was gathered that last weekend robbery
attack at the hospital was the third time men
of the underworld would terrorise the hospital
without restraint.
Investigation revealed that resident of the area
are now afraid to patronise the hospital as
their safety was no longer guaranteed.
A middle-aged woman, who visited her
relative at the hospital told newsmen that she
could not stay up to five minutes for fear of
being attacked by robbers.
It was also gathered that relatives of some
patients at the hospital are already
withdrawing their wards and relocating them
to other hospitals and herbal homes.
Residents of the area who spoke with Daily
Sun urged the state government to provide
security in the hospital to curb the excesses
of bandits, who had made life unbearable for
patients and workers.