Nurses at Uwani General Hospital in Enugu have raised serious alarm over the poor conditions at the facility, describing the environment as unsafe for both patients and healthcare workers.
In a distressing video circulating on X (formerly Twitter), the nurses revealed that the hospital lacks basic necessities such as water, electricity, and oxygen, making it extremely difficult to handle critical medical situations.
In their words:
“There’s no water, there’s no light, mosquitoes everywhere. I don’t know what the government is doing about it. There’s a woman in labour right now and there’s no light. What if complications arise? What do we do?
What if the baby needs an incubator? This is a general hospital, yet the conditions are so bad. There’s no oxygen, no light to even give birth to a child. Our neighbours have light, but a whole general hospital doesn’t have electricity.”
The healthcare workers said they are overwhelmed and frustrated, calling on the government to urgently intervene and repair the failing infrastructure.
They also referenced a house beside the hospital that has electricity, highlighting how unacceptable it is for a government facility meant to save lives to lack basic power supply.
Many Nigerians have expressed anger online, deeming it unacceptable for a government hospital to operate under such conditions, while others are demanding immediate action from authorities.
Watch the video below…
“There is no water, no light, there are mosquitoes. I don’t know what the government is doing about it. No oxygen, no light to even give birth to a child”- Nurses lament at the Uwani General Hospital, Enugu pic.twitter.com/OWQMrSGl2o
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