Ecobank Sacks Staff For Being Upright Amidst Tension At Anambra Teaching Hospital

 

Ecobank Plc has allegedly sacked a female staff  (names withheld) posted at Anambra state University Teaching Hospital Awka  now known as Emeka Odumegwu Ojukwu University Teaching Hospital Awka for decrying the attitude of medical personnel in the hospital during the just concluded strike by Nigeria Medical Association (NMA), odogwuemekaodogwu.blogspot.com gathered.

The hospital before now is known as Amaku General Hospital Awka . Trouble started when shortly after the call off of the NMA strike , the lady in question who was posted to the hospital to collect money from clients of the hospital as all transactions are now in banks was unhappy that patients would come to the hospital and they would not be attended by the medical personnel after payment and stopped collecting money from them in the interim.

The question is was she sacked for raising alarm over injustices and unfair attitude of medical personnel at the hospital as people would pay but will not access medication and attention or was there something else behind the scene?

The news got to the Medical Director , Dr Lawrence Ikeakor  who queried his staff but they claimed they were working and he was livid with the Ecobank staff on why she should be an interloper . He reported the act to the management of Ecobank and before you could say Jack Robinson she was sacked.

Odogwuemekaodogwu.com tried getting to the girl in question to hear her side of the story but all efforts to get her speak failed even as authorities in Ecobank said they have no authority to speak to the press on the issue.

Almost all the staff of the hospital appealed to speak on the issue kept numb appearance to avoid being seen speaking to the press.

The Medical Director of the Hospital phone was not on as at the time of sending this report but this mater would be investigated further  to get the girl speak her ordeal and what led to her sack and the hospital role……………………………..