Insurgency: NEMA Donates Drugs To Hospitals Housing Victims Of Bomb Blast In Adamawa

By Tom Garba, Yola

In an efforts to cater for victims of disasters, the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has donated drugs and assorted medical consumables to three hospitals designated housing victims of Yola bye pass explosives in Adamawa State.

Presenting the medical support and assistance to the three hospitals namely, Federal Medical Centre, Specialist Hospital and Peace Hospital in Yola, the state capital on Wednesday is the State coordinator of NEMA Alhaji Saad Bello, who said the gesture was meant to supplement the effort of these hospitals that have been offering free medical assistance to victims of bomb blast in the state.

Bello told Journalists at the Peace Hospital in Yola, shortly after the presentation that the idea is to prepare ahead of any eventuality of future bomb blast or disaster adding that usually when bomb blast occurred the hospitals housing the victims run short of drugs and medical consumables.

He added that these bomb attacks usually happened in the night, hence his organization decided to provide drugs to equip the hospitals responding to the free treatment of the victims of bomb blast so that when the blast occurred these hospitals have enough drugs to Carter for wounded victims.

Bello explained that the gesture was also to encourage the hospitals to continue the free medical services they have been rendering to victims of bomb blast.

" The bomb blast usually affect large number of people and the hospitals responsible for the treatment of the bomb blast victims needed to be equipped so as to Carter for large number wounded "he said.

He said is donating on behalf of the Director General of NEMA Alhaji Muhammad Sani Sidi who was supposed to come in person to do the donations and sympathy with victims of the blast, but was absence due to some unavoidable circumstances beyond control.

Bello said the DG called on other Nigerian to emulate the owner of the Peace Hospital in Yola who have been providing free medical assistance to victims of bomb blast in the state without asking for kobo.

For victims of the Tuesday bomb blast that rocked the state last week, Bello said the figure of the bomb casualty still remain 34 dead and 80 injured adding that 45 to 46 percent of those injured have been discharged from hospitals.

Receiving the drugs, the Medical Director of Federal Medical Centre, Yola, Professor Mohammad Abubakar Awaal said the gift will go a long way of supporting victims of bomb blast.

He said the hospital will judiciously use the drugs adding the victims of the last Tuesday bomb attacked on the state were fast recuperating from wounds they sustained from the bomb blast adding that 45 percent of the bomb victims have been discharged.

Also receiving the drugs, the Medical Director and owner of the Peace Hospital, Dr Niyi Oriolouwo said the gesture was a welcome development adding that his hospital only provides free medical assistance as part of it social responsibility to the state.

He however appreciate NEMA and the state Government for the gesture and for remembering a private hospitals like his adding that they judiciously use the drugs.