The looters, numbering around 10, additionally allegedly stole cell phones and beat up the medical attendants on obligation and in addition, nursing moms and pregnant ladies in an activity that onlookers said went on for under 10 minutes.
A nursing mother, Mrs. Helen Eteng, said the occurrence did not last up to 10 minutes.
It was assembled from wellbeing laborers and patients, who were casualties of the burglary assault, that the looters did not wear covers, were very much equipped and effectively picked up the passage into the maternity area, and moved from bed to bed to get the children.
Medical caretakers and other wellbeing laborers were seen talking about the episode in quieted tones on Monday morning.
An attendant has seen comforting a crying nursing mother described to writers what occurred yet argued not to be named.
She stated, "Yesterday (Sunday) night, a few furnished thieves accessed this (pediatric) unit. They accompanied weapons and blades. They beat up my partners and some nursing moms. They removed a few children and cash from the patients and nursing moms.
"The security in this healing facility has been extremely permeable. Lives of patients, medical caretakers and specialists are in danger. There is no place in this healing facility that is sheltered. There is so much taking going on. Guests are never again controlled. Individuals troop into the wards with no check. Many, including hoodlums, come in the pretense of being patients' relatives.
"Healing facility properties are stolen every now and again, while the power supply is a major test in the clinic, in light of the fact that the diesel and generator parts are stolen much of the time by the laborers and outfitted thieves."
It was accumulated that the workforce of private security firms and ordinary policemen had for a few months currently pulled back their administrations to the doctor's facility over non-installment of their pay rates by the administration of the wellbeing organization a while.
Be that as it may, the Chief Medical Director, UCTH, Prof. Thomas Agan, prevented the event from securing the occurrence when he was reached on the telephone on Monday.
The Cross River State Commissioner of Police, Mr. Hafiz Inuwa, said he couldn't talk on the episode since he was out of Calabar.
Also, the state Police Public Relations Officer, Irene Ugbo, said the occurrence had not been accounted for to the direction.
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