OWERRI — A team of pathologists from Imo State Ministry of Health has been put together to examine the circumstances that led to the death of the Ngor Okpala eight.
Commissioner for Health, Dr. Joe Obi-Njoku, who disclosed this during an interview, said government was interested in getting to the root of the incident.
Obi-Njoku said: “Government has set up a team of pathologists to probe the cause of death of eight members of the Nwosu family in Umueze Egbelu Nguru in Ngor Okpala Local Government Area.”
The commissioner further explained that the team drawn from the State’s Department of Public Health, is headed by the Permanent Secretary in the ministry.
He said: “The pathological team, which is led by the Permanent Secretary, has already visited the General Hospital, Umuneke Ngor where the bodies of the victims were deposited.”
Answering a question, the Commissioner for Health explained that government would definitely carry out post mortem examination on all the bodies of the ugly incident, so as to arrive at definite clue to the seeming puzzle.
A leader in the area, Chief Eustace Eke, lamented the inability of the General Hospital, Umuneke and Federal Medical Centre, Owerri, to save the life of any of the victims.
“It is most regrettable that none of the two hospitals was able to save any of the victims. The development has made nonsense of the establishment of the medical outfits”. Eke fumed.
Meanwhile, some people who live around the home of the deceased Nwosus and fled their homes because of fear of being arrested by security agencies are gradually returning home.
Commissioner for Health, Dr. Joe Obi-Njoku, who disclosed this during an interview, said government was interested in getting to the root of the incident.
Obi-Njoku said: “Government has set up a team of pathologists to probe the cause of death of eight members of the Nwosu family in Umueze Egbelu Nguru in Ngor Okpala Local Government Area.”
The commissioner further explained that the team drawn from the State’s Department of Public Health, is headed by the Permanent Secretary in the ministry.
He said: “The pathological team, which is led by the Permanent Secretary, has already visited the General Hospital, Umuneke Ngor where the bodies of the victims were deposited.”
Answering a question, the Commissioner for Health explained that government would definitely carry out post mortem examination on all the bodies of the ugly incident, so as to arrive at definite clue to the seeming puzzle.
A leader in the area, Chief Eustace Eke, lamented the inability of the General Hospital, Umuneke and Federal Medical Centre, Owerri, to save the life of any of the victims.
“It is most regrettable that none of the two hospitals was able to save any of the victims. The development has made nonsense of the establishment of the medical outfits”. Eke fumed.
Meanwhile, some people who live around the home of the deceased Nwosus and fled their homes because of fear of being arrested by security agencies are gradually returning home.
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