Arinze Awogu, the Chairman, Ogbaru Local Government Area of Anambra, has decried the paucity of funds to attend to critical health and other needs of the Internally Displaced Persons in the area.
Awogu made this known shortly after the death of a 60-year-old man, Sunday Okenyi, in the early hours of Tuesday.
He said that the health facilities in Ogbaru had been overstretched due to the large number of patients with various medical challenges occasioned by the flood.
According to him, Ogbaru is now in a state of health emergency.
He said that the deceased, a native of Umuiyasele village, Atani in Ogbaru, died from high blood pressure.
According to him, Okenyi’s brings the death toll from the flood disaster-related issues in Ogbaru to eight.
Awogu said late Okenyi was reluctant to move to the IDPs camp but was forced to when the flood razed his house and washed away his property.
He said: “He was initially taken to Atani Health Centre on my directive and from there, he was moved to the IDP camp after receiving treatment for hypertension.
“He died in the early hours of today after suffering from hypertension and his death brings the total number of death recorded since the flood situation in Ogbaru to eight.”
The chairman said that the deceased persons included, Adaobi Chima, who died after delivering a set of twins at a hospital in Okoti, Ogbaru.
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