MISERY DOG ATTACk!!

Controversy surrounds dog attack in A'Ibom
A dog has killed a security guard deployed in the
home of the Chief Medical Director, University of Uyo
Teaching Hospital, Prof. Etete Peters, through serious
lethal bites.
The security guard, who has been identified as Mr.
Isong, was said to have been attacked by the dog
while on duty last week.
It was learnt that Isong was not able to access
medical care following the non-payment of salaries
to domestic staff working with the medical director
for five months.
A security guard, who did not want to be named, told
our correspondent in Uyo on Sunday that Isong was
still coping with the dog bite until Sunday morning
when he was found struggling on the ground, with
saliva rushing out of his mouth.
The source said, "We reported the dog bite to the
CMD but he did nothing about it. Isong was quite
helpless because we have not been paid for five
months now. On Sunday morning, he reported to
duty, but when we turned behind the building, we
saw him struggling on the ground with saliva gushing
out of his mouth, we rushed him to the hospital, but
unfortunately he died.
"Life has been generally very hard for some of us
who are working with the CMD. They keep giving very
delicious meals to these wild dogs, but we humans
are denied the opportunity for a comfortable life.
How do you survive when you are being owed by a
man who is not poor?" he asked.
Our correspondent learnt that Isong's clansmen and
family, who are not happy about the death of their
son, blocked all entrances leading to and out of the
UUTH, alleging that the CMD denied them the
opportunity to see their son in the mortuary.
One of the family members, Mr. Ime Ekong, who
spoke with our correspondent, expressed
disappointment over the attitude of a medical
director of a teaching hospital to allow his employee
to die of an ordinary dog bite.
"We wouldn't expect him to personally treat our son,
why did he not at least pay his salaries? The young
man would have been able to take care of himself,"
he said.
But the CMD stated otherwise. He said the news that
one of his employees died as a result of dog bite
some days ago is false.
He noted that there was an incident of a dog biting
one of his security guards three months ago. He
added that the guard was well-treated and taken care of.
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