The Chief Medical Director of the Nnamdi Azikiwe University Teaching Hospital, Nnewi, Professor Anthony Igwegbe, says the health condition of the former spokesman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Olisa Metuh, is critical.
Metuh, who according to his lawyer is currently battling for his life at the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) of the hospital is currently undergoing a trial by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).
Professor Igwegbe told Channels Television that Metuh needs urgent surgery on his spinal cord as he is gradually losing feeling in the lower region of his body.
The CMD while reacting to the issue of the alleged fake medical report presented by the patient to the court, explains that the hospital’s neurosurgeon, Dr Ekweogu, who has been managing Metuh’s health since he was admitted in the hospital, issued the letter.
“The assessment found that he has degenerative spinal cord diseases and there is a cut compulsion at the cervical level and the thoracic level. This has affected the muscles, his motor and sensation as well. There is a limitation of movement, especially in the lower limbs and he cannot sit or walk properly as at the time of admission.
“And so he has been relying on neck collar and we are managing conservatively but a definitive treatment is a surgery to ease the compression. Here, we don’t have a spinal cord surgeon,” he said.