Karibi Whyte Hospital Project On Course – Parker

The Rivers State Government says the multi-million dollar Karibi Whyte Hospital project will not be abandoned.

The State Commissioner  for Health, Dr Sampson Parker, made this declaration while speaking to newsmen in his office in Port Harcourt.

Dr Parker who was giving situation report on the Karibi-Whyte Specialist Hospital, explained that the construction of the hospital was stalled at the moment due to dispute between the government and the contractor handling the project.

He said the state government had already brought in “arbitrator, a consultant who is taking inventory of the site to confirm whose claims are right, and to ascertain if the mobilisation they were given was actually used”.

He further said, “it’s a big  project and so we can’t wait until a  huge mistake made before we look into it.  At every point in time, we review it and go ahead, that is what is happening”.

He explained that the project is “priority” that must be completed in spite of financial challenges, adding that, “the project should be a flagship of healthcare delivery in Nigeria”.

“We want to see how we can curb the huge traffic for medicare out of Nigeria.  That’s the idea behind that project and it’s still very much with us”, he said .

Tonye Nria-Dappa