Emergency accident at UUTH as fire guts Uniuyo Teaching Hospital
It was double palaver for accident victims at University Uyo Teaching Hospital, Uyo.
This follows a fire incident that engulfed the Accident and Emergency, A & E Department of the Federal Medical Centre on Sunday afternoon.
It is not ascertained the cause of the inferno but a source at the UUTH who told MORENEWS.NG that fire emanated from a power source (generating set) near A & E Department suspected electrical fault.
Eye witness report has it patients’ relatives and staff of the hospital were seen scampering for their lives as the fire continued to wreak havoc.
Calls sent to the director of works by our Reporter did not go through at the time of filing this report.
Meanwhile staff of the works department were seen struggling to quench the fire according to eye witness.