Ukpong made the disclosure at the maiden Eket Christmas Festival on Friday, reeling out official figures from the pandemic.
Browsing: Dominic Ukpong
The Akwa Ibom State Government has denied the five cases of COVID-19 confirmed positive in the state and called for the reconfirmation of the cases.
He said: “I have shut down two hospitals for malpractices. We inspected them and found that they do not conform to hospital standards.
The state’s Commissioner for Health, Dr Dominic Ukpong, said in Eket that the governor had paid N200 million in medical bills and was still trying to raise money to pay the outstanding N100 million.
The state Commissioner for Health, Dr. Dominic Ukpong, made the disclosure while addressing the management and staff of the hospital in Eket on Friday.