He found that hospitals often allow the trainees to directly manage and administer drugs to unsuspecting patients, thereby endangering their lives. The Nursing and Midwifery Council of Nigeria (NMCN) told TheCable such practices amount to quackery and vowed to shut down such hospitals. Advertisement But since the first part of the investigative project was published on Thursday last week, two of the hospitals have been repeatedly calling the reporter’s phone line. “Sometimes I receive calls more than 30 times a day from one of the hospitals,” Asadu said. “One of the hospitals, Our Lady of Lourdes’ Infirmary, located in Uyo, the state capital, went as far as telling me that the will find me in any part of the world I go to.