NEWS DIGEST – Prof. Henry Ugboma, the new Chief Medical Director (CMD), University of Port Harcourt Teaching Hospital (UPTH), says he has uncovered a money guzzling machine draining millions of Naira in the institution.
Ugboma told newsmen on Monday in Port Harcourt that the Cashless Service System (CSS) introduced for patients by the management of the institution was energising misappropriation of funds.
He said that the system was closed immediately he discovered the “machine’’ was driving fraud in the university’s financial management system.
“I suspended the cashless system because when I came and did a review of the system we discovered that the hospital is losing millions of Naira through it.
“But when we introduced direct payment we are now generating more funds.
“We will bring a new technology that will checkmate the system before we can restore it.
“We found out that the system is generating misappropriation of funds; we closed the system and reverted to the usual physical payment.
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