Health attendant found dead in hospital with stab wounds

A health attendant working with a private hospital, Smile Hospital, Abakaliki, Ebonyi State, Mrs. Nnenna Usulor, on Monday has been found dead in the hospital premises.

Investigations by our correspondent revealed that the deceased was found dead with stab wounds, after a prayer held in the hospital and organised by the hospital’s owner.

According to a source, immediately after the prayer ended, those who live nearby went home, while the deceased passed the night in the hospital because she lived far from there.

The source, a male, said that a hospital staff discovered the deceased lying in a pool of her own blood, lifeless.

He noted that the knife with which the deceased was stabbed by yet-to-be-identified person(s) was spotted lying beside her, and the entire room was covered in blood.

Confirming the incident, the state Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Jude Madu, said investigations into the matter had commenced.

DSP Madu noted that the incident was reported to the Police by the deceased’s brother, Ogbonna Okoro.

Contrary to the hospital’s claim that the deceased committed suicide, Madu expressed doubt that the incident was suicide.

‘’Police are still investigating the case. From the look of things, it is not easy for any policeman to conclude that the case was a suicide case. It is not.

“Information I got was that the position of the knife was not common with suicide. If somebody wants to kill himself, the stab should be on the abdomen, not on the neck. So, it is difficult for us to believe it was suicide.’’