Worried residents of Ozoro in Isoko North Local Government Area of Delta State have protested the poor state of the General Hospital in Ozoro. The peaceful protest was led by the President-General of Ozoro Kingdom, Chief Miller Akpoili.
Residents of the Polytechnic town matched through some streets on their way to the hospital gate to register their displeasure with the poor services and physical condition of the facilities at the hospital, demanding urgent renovation and refurbishment.
The protesters brandished placards with different inscriptions such as “No doctor, no nurses,” “Ours is a dead hospital,” and “No General Hospital in Ozoro.”
One of the protesters and resident, who simply identified himself as Mr Omovo, said “People are being rushed to the hospital day and night, but no doctors, no nurses, no equipment to give assistance to the dying patients.”
Urging all stake holders to come to the community’s rescue, Omovo said: “We the Ozoro people in general, use this medium (peaceful protest) to send a signal to our governor, Dr. Ifeanyi Okowa and to all Ozoro sons and daughters working in all government organisations that we can no longer watch our people dying every day.”
