Blue3k:
Man Akwa Ibom rushed this project haphazardly. All these contract disputes and fact the opened this project to up before it was actually done shows this to be case. The management at least meridian is treating to terminate contract because the state not paying them. The boundless ineptitude of these guys is astounding just reading these quotes.

story of naija. commissioning is strictly for cameras

no be the same story of tstv?

SalamRushdie:
Oh God why doesn't anything ever work in this country

just thank God ur d*ick still works

Akpabio has scammed them

Hmmm

When they say Governor Udom don't have the capacity to lead Akwa Ibom like Attah and Akpabio did this is the evidence! No money in circulation, no industrialization, nothing is simply working. Too bad.

Uyi168:
SHUT UP

Shut up too

Which way Nigeria?

I'm not a prophet but if great care is not taken...they will literally empty the hospital by stealing d medical equipment et al.

nsutor mkpo

YelloweWest:
At least them see the hospital on ground.

Ameathief said the $200 million dollars approved for hospital was duped from him

Una no go kill person with laugh for here...!!

XTLikeNat777:
When they say Governor Udom don't have the capacity to lead Akwa Ibom like Attah and Akpabio did this is the evident! No money in circulation, no industrialization, nothing is simply working. Too bad.

Do you know in conclusion you didn't make any point ..... Must you comment without thinking Smh for your generations

Did you read the part that the hospital wasn't yet fully ready when Akpabio left office?

Tolexander:
Buhari's issue is even better.

Why not mentioning the Governor that built the world class hospital, Godswill Akpabio, who dumped the hospital for a foreign hospital for treatment, after sustaining injuries in a car crash in 2015?

oyb:


story of naija. commissioning is strictly for cameras

no be the same story of tstv?

Agreed its just sad nobody say anything til it's too late. I don't know about tstv but since they are private company they can be as stupid as they please. It's their money they're wasting.

Blue3k:
Anyway we can blame this on state government exclusively. It's crazy nobody in State legislature cared to probe into this or question them about these issues. Our state representatives are lap dogs for these guys to waste money. How can health minister not know if the hospital is carrying out contractual obligations?

laudate

I agree. What was the state legislature doing, when the contract was being awarded and executed? Why has the state legislature not probed the reasons for the closure of the hospital and brought the offenders to book? Too many questions begging for answers. Setting up the hospital was a commendable initiative. Now all hands need to be on deck to ensure that it works!!

funny thing is... that 294 million bill for 300 accident victims is not entirely off for such a hospital. that commisioner is just looking for power over the hospital and ranting... divide the bill up factoring in the numerous surgeries, investigations, specialist consultations and long admissions.

DeKen:
Did you read the part that the hospital wasn't yet fully ready when Akpabio left office?

So what is your point?

It was hurriedly inaugurated in May 2015.
Godswill Akpabio had car accident in September, 2015.

What are you saying?

Ezionye:
Erm

I do not think education is the answer especially theoretical as you seem to opine unless you are emphasizing skills acquisition.

However, I agree with the fact that we don't need super structures as this so called " world class " hospital. The problem with these so called projects is that they lack proper research as to their suitability to the Nigerian environment and also double as money siphoning avenues.

I beg to disagree with the portion highlighted in bold type. We definitely need a world-class hospital in Nigeria. Do you know how many patients have to go abroad annually to seek expert medical care, simply because we don't have adequate facilities locally to treat their cases? Don't you see the numerous appeals from sick patients for financial help to go to India, Israel and other countries, for surgery and other forms of medical treatment? The basic problem with this Ibom Specialist Hospital has been the nonchalance of govt and the management. If this hospital were sited in a place like Lagos, it probably would have been managed better.

There are so many doctors that find it difficult to get a place, to carry out their internships. And we have many Nigerian medical consultants abroad, whose expertise is badly needed here, locally. This hospital could have been a great example of Public-Private-Partnership (PPP), if only it was well-managed. Private hospitals like Lagoon, St. Nicholas and Reddington in Lagos, that do not have half of the facilities in Ibom Specialist Hospital, are thriving and doing well. So why can't this hospital be made to work?

dumodust:
funny thing is... that 294 million bill for 300 accident victims is not entirely off for such a hospital. that commisioner is just looking for power over the hospital and ranting... divide the bill up factoring in the numerous surgeries, investigations, specialist consultations and long admissions.

True!! And the sad thing is that there are international bodies willing to invest in building local healthcare facilities, if a solid business case is presented to them. Here is one example of what a private Nigerian hospital has been able to achieve by emphasising medical excellence.

Lagos, Nigeria. January 7, 2016 – IFC, a member of the World Bank Group; together with IFHA-II Cooperatief, a private equity fund focused on investing in the healthcare sector in Sub-Saharan Africa; Swiss Re, the reinsurance company; and CIEL Healthcare Africa Limited, a pan-African healthcare company, today announced an investment of $66.8 million in Hygeia Nigeria Limited, Nigeria’s leading private healthcare company.

The new investment aims to improve healthcare infrastructure and increase access to quality healthcare services in Nigeria. In addition to providing capital, the partnership will increase and broaden the technical expertise at Hygeia and ensure global best practices through the involvement of Ciel Healthcare Africa. Ciel is working in association with Fortis, a leading integrated healthcare delivery service provider in India. Through this project, Hygeia will have the capacity to reach more than two million patients over the seven-year investment period.

Fola Laoye, Chairperson of the Board of Hygeia Nigeria Limited, said, “As Nigeria’s foremost and leading private integrated healthcare services provider, Hygeia is consistently seeking ways to improve and expand our offerings so that we can offer more Nigerians world class services at affordable rates and help to reverse the growing trend to travel abroad for care. IFC and IFHA, our long term partners, are working with us to achieve our aim of closing the gap of quality healthcare service delivery in Nigeria. We are excited to bring on board reputable new partners like Swiss Re and Ciel Healthcare Africa. We thank the Satya team for their support and commitment during a very important time of development for Hygeia.”

Hygeia, operates a network of two hospitals and three clinics under the Lagoon Hospitals brand and a health maintenance organization, Hygeia HMO. It is expanding its operations by upgrading and increasing capacity at existing hospitals, including its management information system, and creating a new tertiary care hospital. The investment will allow Hygeia to expand its service offering in healthcare services and the HMO to allow greater access to quality healthcare in Nigeria.

Eme Essien, IFC Country Manager for Nigeria said, “IFC is committed to financing integrated healthcare networks to help increase access to quality healthcare. More people will get better access to quality and cost effective healthcare in Nigeria.”

“IFHA-II believes that we have a strong consortium of partners in place to help realize growth at Hygeia. Nigeria is a key market for IFHA-II and through our investment in Hygeia we will be able to expand access to quality healthcare across the country.” said Max Coppoolse, the Managing Partner of IFHA-II. _{https://ifcextapps.ifc.org/ifcext/Pressroom/IFCPressRoom.nsf/0/C1481BDFE4A7586185257F33003E3183}

Chukason1:




Do you know in conclusion you didn't make any point ..... Must you comment without thinking Smh for your generations

Must I comment without thinking you mean? Am talking about my State here so you won't understand what am saying.

You don't just jump on peoples opinion without knowing the context of discourse.

True. I remember that very well. I think it was when he was rushing to get to the Abuja Airport or so..
quote author=Tolexander post=61139204]Buhari's issue is even better.

Why not mentioning the Governor that built the world class hospital, Godswill Akpabio, who dumped the hospital for a foreign hospital for treatment, after sustaining injuries in a car crash in 2015?[/quote]

XTLikeNat777:



Must I comment without thinking you mean? Am talking about my State here so you won't understand what am saying.

You don't just jump on peoples opinion without knowing the context of discourse.

na only you go school

They should not allow such a building to be left idle o. I pray it comes back to life.

mechanics:
They should not allow such a building to be left idle o. I pray it comes back to life.

Amen, o!!

What can I say? Very saddening, pathetic and unfortunate. After such a huge amount of money spent? If I were one of the victims of the sudden closure of the hospital after paying charges, that would've been a wonderful case for me to instigate a litigation against the government and the hospital citing damages that must be paid to the tune of N100million. Of course, I can win this stresslessly.

SalamRushdie:
Oh God why doesn't anything ever work in this country

......because we are all waiting for God to take us to destination X, while we are actively heading to destination Y.
Got it?
We go wait until eternity.

Chukason1:
....This happens when you employ Yoruba as workers .... Laziness sets in

SMH for ur generationz

Sometime I feel we should sell this country

TourismMan:
What can I say? Very saddening, pathetic and unfortunate. After such a huge amount of money spent? If I were one of the victims of the sudden closure of the hospital after paying charges, that would've been a wonderful case for me to instigate a litigation against the government and the hospital citing damages that must be paid to the tune of N100million. Of course, I can win this stresslessly.

If you are a lawyer or know a lawyer, you could search out such victims and pursue their case pro-bono for splitting the damages to be awarded.

Electronzeez:
Sometime I feel we should sell this country

To the oyinbos who bought us as slaves and colonised us?
I thought that we are equally intelligent as they are with our people collecting 1st class upandan from oyinbo universities?
So what is wrong with us?

Nobody is talking about the real issue here.
This hospital was designed to offer premium healthcare at give away fees. It was never going to be sustainable especially with a private organization involved that needed to make profit.
The commissioner was complaining about the monies they demanded as pay. Was he really expecting them to accept anything close to the peanuts Nigerian doctors accept (after strikes and insults from the public) from govt?

Chukason1:
....This happens when you employ Yoruba as workers .... Laziness sets in

Hahahahaha Igbo people and petty jealousy is like 5 & 6.

Same question I was about asking

SalamRushdie:
Oh God why doesn't anything ever work in this country