By Citizen Ikenna Samuelson Iwuoha
Private hospitals in Imo State have formed the habit of disrupting and sabotaging the well thought out health policies of Governor Hope Uzodimma’s Administration by reportedly engaging in unwholesome activities. This is no longer a secret.
Unwholesome Private Hospital Activities in Imo State include the following : Patient Harm From Medical Negligence,Poor Hygiene,Re-used Equipment,Lack Of Sterilization, Which Leads To Infections And Fatal Complications,Disrespectful Treatment Of Patients,Lack Of Patient Safety Protocols,Environmental Hazards From Improper Waste Management,Chemical Exposure For Staff and so on and so forth.
All these have been undermining the very good intents of the Imo State Government in the Health Sector, on one hand, and Care Quality and Patient Well-being, on the other hand.
MARK OF GLORY SPECIALIST HOSPITAL, located at No 30 MCC Road Ikenegbu Layout Extension Owerri in Imo State is guilty of the above listed medical infractions, which are violations of professional and ethical standards in the medical field, vis-a-vis ; medical malpractice, negligence and misconduct.
At MARK OF GLORY SPECIALIST HOSPITAL, human life means nothing, hence deaths occur virtually on daily basis, and its doctors and nurses are reportedly primed to stand aloof as patients suffer.
It is a notorious fact that their doctors and nurses reportedly recommend unnecessary and very expensive medical tests for patients, not really to assist or aid patient care, but for the sole aim to generate revenue for the hospital. And in most cases, these tests are never conducted, but patients are allegedly given ponzi and falsified results.
Under the watchful eyes of the Chief Medical Director, Dr Mark Okhueleigbe, an Edo State indigene, MARK OF GLORY SPECIALIST HOSPITAL prescribe very expensive medications and tests that are reportedly unrelated to patient’s condition, all in a bid to earn commission from recommended Diagnostic Centres.
Residents of Ikenegbu Layout Extension are not comfortable with the activities going on at the hospital, and therefore wants urgent action from the State Government, to save lives of innocent people. The following example is a clear indication of what has been going on at the hospital.
Mr Jacob Ogbonnaya and his wife, Mrs Ogechi Ogbonnaya, are indigenes of Ebonyi State, and have been married for about 12 years.
However, they are resident at Orji Community in Owerri-North Local Government Area of Imo State, and are involved in the economic activity of trading
Mrs Ogechi Ogbonnaya had a health challenge of not urinating properly, and was initially admitted at BELIEVE HOSPITAL at Orji Community. From there, she was referred to MARK OF GLORY SPECIALIST HOSPITAL on the 13th of August 2025.
At this Hospital, a scan was purportedly conducted and a recommendation made for her to be operated on.
However, a Bill of One Million, One Hundred and Fifty Five Thousand Naira (N1,155, 000) was charged, out of which the husband, Mr Jacob Ogbonnaya, made an initial deposit of N285,000.
After making this initial deposit, Mr Jacob Ogbonnaya pleaded with the Chief Medical Director, Dr Mark Okhueleigbe, to commence the surgery, as his wife, Mrs Ogechi Ogbonnaya, was passing through severe pains, difficulties and slowly dying.
Rather than save life first, the Hospital Management gave him the condition of depositing his LEXUS 330 RX as collateral. Desperate to save his wife, he bowed to the manipulation and deposited his vehicle. Yet, the Hospital refused to commence the surgery.
The following day being the 14th of August 2025, Mr Jacob Ogbonnaya raised additional N300,000, which he further transferred to the Hospital Account. Surgery was eventually conducted, but was poorly done, wherein Mrs Ogechi Ogbonnaya became infected.
Next, the Hospital demanded and collected the following items from Mr Jacob Ogbonnaya :His BVN Number,his NIN and Photocopy of his Driver’s License.
The Chief Medical Director’s demand for Mr Jacob Ogbonnaya to release his ECO Bank Password was resisted. Within these time, Mrs Ogechi Ogbonnaya, who was already under Medical Detention, was never given any further medical attention. Rather, the husband was pressured to sign more documents.
Later, Mr Jacob Ogbonnaya was asked to make further payments, so that his wife would be placed on “Special Drugs”, to treat the infections.
Mr Jacob Ogbonnaya, who had by the time become frustrated, cried out to his friends, and they raised N200,000, N90,000 and another N300,000, respectively, for him, and all these monies were sent to the Hospital Bank Account, 5333565267
MONIEPOINT,
MARK OF GLORY LIMITED, yet no “Special Drugs” were administered on his dying wife.
Fearing that his wife, Mrs Ogechi Ogbonnaya, would die, but never wanted her to die in their Hospital, Dr Mark Okhueleigbe and his Team referred her to another Hospital, REGION HOSPITAL, at MGBIRICHI in Ohaji-Egbema LGA of the State (a distance of about 30 kilometers, as if no other nearby hospital could be recommended), for Dialysis, since according to them, their own Dialysis Machine was faulty.
The idea was that before the traumatized husband, Mr Jacob Ogbonnaya, would have arrived REGION HOSPITAL at MGBIRICHI with his wife in an Ambulance, she might have died,but Almighty God had a different plan.
All this while, Mrs Ogechi Ogbonnaya’s stomach, which was opened by Dr Mark Okhueleigbe and his Team, was yet to be stitched.
Rather than take Mr Jacob Ogbonnaya and his wife to REGION HOSPITAL at MGBIRICHI, the Nurses from MARK OF GLORY SPECIALIST HOSPITAL who were assigned by Dr Mark Okhueleigbe to take them, first took them to ELELE in Rivers State, before turning back to MGBIRICHI, where REGION HOSPITAL is located.
Don’t forget that Mrs Ogechi Ogbonnaya’s stomach was not stitched, so she was first transported to ELELE and thereafter to MGBIRICHI with an unstitched stomach.
Dialysis was done and she was brought back to MARK OF GLORY SPECIALIST HOSPITAL, after which her stomach was stitched, but was poorly and badly done, such that Mrs Ogechi Ogbonnaya’s intestines were not properly put back in its proper position.
This was followed by a hasty discharge by the Hospital on the 19th of August 2025, which led to more serious complications and negative patient outcome, after being extorted financially and properties still seized.
Frustrated, traumatized and trusting only in the miraculous power of Almighty God, Mr Jacob Ogbonnaya took his dying wife, Mrs Ogechi Ogbonnaya, to the Federal Medical Centre, FMC, Owerri, and she was re-admitted. At FMC, a lot of Medical infractions committed by MARK OF GLORY SPECIALIST HOSPITAL were detected. First, the infection was treated.
Secondly, a proper surgery was carried out, with professional touch. To the Glory of God, Mrs Ogechi Ogbonnaya is recuperating.
The implication is that Dr Mark Okhueleigbe and his Team don’t know what they are doing at MARK OF GLORY SPECIALIST HOSPITAL Ikenegbu Layout, yet they extort money from unsuspecting people and even force them to deposit their cars and other valuables and properties.
Till this moment, MARK OF GLORY SPECIALIST HOSPITAL has refused to release properties of Mr Jacob Ogbonnaya in its possession.
Seeking for justice, a petition has been submitted to the Imo State Commissioner of Police.
Secondly, the Imo State Government is hereby called upon to investigate the unwholesome medical activities and infractions going on in MARK OF GLORY SPECIALIST HOSPITAL at No 30 MCC Road Ikenegbu Layout Extension, to find out why Dr Mark Okhueleigbe and his medical team are undermining the very good intents of the State Government in the Health Sector, and ensure they face the consequences.
As stated earlier, Residents of Ikenegbu Layout Extension are no longer comfortable with the activities going on at the hospital and wants urgent action from the Authorities, to save lives of innocent people.
I Rest My Pen 🖊️🖋️.
*Citizen Ikenna Samuelson Iwuoha*
Chairman, Taskforce On Security, Ikenegbu Layout Extension Neighbourhood
