Rivers
RSG Commissions Ultra-Modern Mortuary At BMSH
The Rivers government has constructed an 800-capacity ultra-modern mortuary at the Braithwaite Memorial Specialist Hospital (BMSH), Port Harcourt.
Speaking at the commissioning of the mortuary on Monday, the Commissioner for Health, Dr Tamunoiyoriari Parker, said the project was designed to ensure a spacious accommodation for the dead.
Parker said that on assumption of office, Gov. Chibuike Amaechi inspected the BMSH and found its mortuary dilapidated and abandoned.
“The governor quickly released funds for the completion of the project which is to be managed in partnership with a private firm, Ashes to Ashes Ltd. “If the PPP (Public, Private, Partnership) succeeds, this will be replicated in all our General Hospitals,” he said.
Parker explained that the mortuary was built to international standard since “in Africa when we take care of the living, we also take care of the dead.”
Consultant pathologist and the Chairman of the Mortuary Monitoring Committee, Dr Charles Amakiri, thanked the government for providing the facility. Amakiri said that the old mortuary had a capacity for only 20 bodies.
The BMSH Medical Director, Dr Olukunmi Ijeruh, said with the commissioning of the new mortuary, the old BMSH mortuary had been decommissioned.
Ijeruh called on those who still had bodies in the old mortuary to urgently pay the required fees to be able to remove them.
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Rivers Judiciary Denies Issuing Court Order Stopping SOLAD from Swearing in RSCSC Members
The Rivers State Judiciary has denied a media report claiming that Justice Frank Onyiri of the State High Court issued an injunction order restraining the Sole Administrator, Vice Admiral Ibok-Ete Ibas (rtd), from inaugurating the newly appointed members of the Rivers State Civil Service Commission (RSCSC).
In a statement issued by the Deputy Chief Registrar in charge of litigation at the High Court, Menenen Poromon (Esq), the state Judiciary disassociated itself from the report, describing it as malicious and fabricated.
The statement emphasized that the report was a falsehood and a misrepresentation of what transpeared in the court.
Poromon clarified that no such order was issued by Justice Onyiri or any other judge of the High Court of the state and urged the public to disregard the information, as it lacked any iota of truth.
The statement however advised the public to verify any information concerning the state Judiciary directly from the office of the Chief Registrar, High Court of the State, to avoid spreading of misinformation.