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Rivers State governor, Nyesom Wike has relocated doctors at the state-owned Braithwaite Memorial Hospital to government guest houses in Port Harcourt after fire gutted the doctors’ quarters on Sunday.
Nobody was hurt during the incident but the fire damaged the top floor of the doctors’ quarters.
Wike who visited the quarters to supervise efforts of fire fighters to put out the inferno, announced the setting up of a panel of inquiry to establish the immediate and remote causes of the inferno.
He said: “I want to sympathise with the doctors affected by this fire incident. We thank God that no life was lost.
“However, I have directed the Health Commissioner to set up a panel of Inquiry to find out what led to the fire incident. If it is as a result of negligence, those involved will be sanctioned. We must endeavour to protect government property at all times.”
The governor commended the fire fighters from the State Fire Service, Shell and the Nigeria Ports Authority, who fought the inferno and prevented it from spreading.
He also declared that the state government would rebuild the burnt doctors’ quarters.
The governor was accompanied to the Braithwaite Memorial Hospital by the State Head of Civil Service, Mr. Rufus Godwins and Commissioner for Health, Dr. Odagme Theophilus.