By Philip Ideh
Moved by the reality of the suffering masses in the two Local Government Councils, Ika South and Ika North East of Delta State who go to the Central Hospital in Boji-Boji, Agbor, for treatment, the Ika Union of Great Britain and Ireland in London, about three weeks ago, donated Solar panels worth over Seven Million Naira to the Accident and Emergency Wing of the Agbor Central  Hospital

Members of the Union under the leadership of Mrs. Esther Onwuemezia from Alisimie the Ika South Local Government Area of Delta   State were saddened by the fact that the Medical Staff at the accident and Emergency Wards were using candle light to treat patients.
The Union promptly dispatched its Secretary-General, Mr. David Eboh from Mbiri in the Ika North Local Government Area of the State, medical personnel who changed role to read Law, to reach out and disclose to the hospital Board Secretary, Dr. Okunbo that the Union had decided to alleviate the agony of the suffering masses who use the pathetic and pitiable services of the Hospital.

Top Medical Doctors of the Hospital including Dr. Nnoli and the Hospital Administrator, Mr. Ijedenma and a  Representative of the Matron of the A&E Ward, the Director of C-Global Solar Company, Mr. Carrington Onyebule from Owa Oyibu in the Ika north Local Government of Delta State and Simon Chukwuma a relative of the Parish Priest of St. John The Baptist Catholic Church in  Agbor, as well as the Well-known Lawyer, Barrister  Sunday Enwemiwe from Benin City, were at the ceremony of the presentation and handing over the newly installed Solar panels to the Hospital authorities.

In a short speech, Mr. Eboh drew the attention of the hospital staff to the fact that it behooved them to guard and look after the Solar panels and batteries with diligence to prevent neglect and pilfering.
It will be recalled that in the late 1990s, the Union in its magnanimity, donated an ECG (Electrocardiogram) device to the Central Hospital after the pleading advice of a doctor from the Hospital, asking for the device to be sent to them. However, the device was never used and was covered in mothballs as the Hospital allegedly claimed that there was no one who could operate the device due to a lack of qualified medical staff.

Mr. Eboh in his wisdom, pointed out that the ECG device was not rocket science saying that any staff who had successfully passed through a good secondary school could have been able to operate the device.

He also hinted that his attention had been drawn to needs in other Wards of the Hospital which required urgent attention but he responded by saying that he would have to report this new request to the Union in London for consideration.

The Ika Union expects the leadership of the Government of the State to be inspired to work for the common good of the indigenes of the State.

From Ika weekly