The Nigerian National Petroleum
Corporation (NNPC) on Thursday delivered medical
consumables worth millions of naira to victims of
Abuja bomb blast at Asokoro, Nyanya and National
hospitals in Abuja.
The explosions rocked Nyanya in the FCT on
Monday claiming many lives and injuring many
others
The donation include anaesthetic equipment, BP
monitor, glucometer, medical thermometer,
proctoscopes, medical weighing scales, pulse
oximeters, clutches, gloves, surgical hooks,
bandages, cleaning supplies and syringes, among
others.
NNPC Group Executive Director (Corporate
Services), Mr Dan Efebo, who led NNPC delegates
to the hospitals, called on Nigerians to join hands to
tackle the menace of terrorism in the country.
He said the donation to the victims and hospitals
was to assist them to cope with the very difficult
situation the dastardly act had brought to the
victims and their families
Efebo said NNPC and the Minister of Petroleum
Resources, Mr Diezani Alison-Madueke, identified
with the victims and assured them of their support.
“We share in your pains and travails at this difficult
period and join all well meaning Nigerians to
condemn the senseless attack on our collective
destiny.
“We call on all Nigerians to join hands and work
towards ensuring that the activities of terrorist are
brought to an end in the country.
“We assure you of our continuous support and pray
for speedy recovery for all the victims in hospitals
across the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja,” he
said.
Efebo prayed that Almighty God would grant the
souls of those who lost their lives in the incident
eternal rest and their loved ones the fortitude to
bear the loss.
The Board Chairman of National Hospital, Dr Tony
Okam, while receiving the items, commended the
minister for finding time to identify with the victims
“We thank God for the spirit of unity the Nigerians
put forward during this unfortunate incident.
“The full complement and cooperation of the staff
here was responsible for the low level of casualty
recorded during this time.
While noting that the response of NNPC is
commendable, he requested for the assistance of
the corporation to provide more ambulances
because the ones available were not enough.
“The hospital is deeply overwhelmed by the support
of NNPC and that of the minister and her team.
We commend the NNPC and the minister for
ensuring the availability of petroleum products,
especially diesel which the hospital used mainly for
its operation”.
Okam said that 47 victims were brought to the
hospitals out of which 14 were dead on arrival,
while one later died.
He said there were 26 victims remaining and would
be discharged as soon as their conditions improved.
The Chief Medical Director of Asokoro Hospital,
Dr Abubakar Amodu, commended the NNPC for
identifying with the victims and providing the
consumables to the hospitals and the victims.
Amodu said all the victims were in stable condition.
He said that out of 26 victims brought to the
hospital, three had been discharged, while one was
taken to Wuse Hospital.
No comments:
Post a Comment