NEMA Donates Medical Supplies To Hospitals Treating Victims Of Adamawa Terrorist Attack

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The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has donated drugs and other medical supplies to three hospitals treating victims of the terrorist bomb attack in Yola, the capital of Adamawa State, last week. The donations are in response to reports that hospitals are facing chronic shortages of medical materials. The suicide attack left 34 people dead and injured 80.

It will be recalled that last week SaharaReporters reported on the hospital supply shortages in the wake of the suicide bombing. In some cases victims could not even receive bandages for their wounds.

The Adamawa State coordinator of NEMA, Saad Bello, presented the materials at Federal Medical Center in Yola. Mr. Bello stated that the assistance was meant to aid the efforts of the hospitals which have provided free medical assistance to the survivors of the recent attack in the State.

Speaking to journalists at the Federal Medical Center, Mr. Bello explained that NEMA hoped to better prepare hospitals in the case of future bombings.

Mr. Bello stated that NEMA planned to provide free drugs to hospitals in an effort to encourage the trend of medical centers providing free treatment to survivors of bombings. The State coordinator praised the Medical Director of the Federal Medical Center, Mohammad Abubakar Awaal, for his role in aiding the victims of the attack.

Mr. Awaal thanked Mr. Bello and NEMA for their assistance, and stated that the assistance would be used to provide care for the remaining survivors of the bombing. According to the Medical Director, about 45% of the victims have been released.

The director of the hospital, Dr. Niyi Oriolouwo, also thanked NEMA but stressed that the provision of free medical assistance was a social responsibility his hospital had to the State.

Source: SaharaReporters