Governor Ibrahim Geidam of Yobe State has released the sum of N133 million to support 300 patients and victims of Boko Haram attacks whose condition require medical treatment outside the state.
Geidam stated this, Thursday, in Damaturu, the Yobe State capital.
The governor said the measure taken was part of the ongoing effort to provide succor to the less priviledged as an interim measure, adding that government was committed to repositioning the state’s health sector through massive renovation of hospitals and provision of equipment and drugs.
“Some of the conditions/procedures for which the patients were supported by the government on the state medical board include kidney transplant, open heart surgery, cardiac catheterization, spinal cord surgery, knee and hip replacement therapy and sevaral othopedic and ophthalmology cases referred to hospitals within the country, including Dala Orthopedic Hospital, National Eye Center Kaduna and other hospitals in India and Egypt”, he said.
Among the 300 patients, 18 were supported to undergo knee and hip replacement therapy and other orthopedic procedures to treat gunshot wounds sustained in various attacks by criminals and insurgents.
The number also includes less priviledged patients with chronic conditions such as advanced diabetes and chronic liver disease, who require regular medication but are not in a position to provide on their own.
Geidam said government was committed to improving the health sector with ongoing renovation and upgrading of medical facilities across the state.
He said, “already, renovation works on the general hospital in Buni Yadi, Damaturu and Damagum have reached an advanced stage and more hospitals are scheduled to come on stream before the year runs out”, Geidam said.
He stressed that the newly built 200-bed hospital in Damaturu would also be equipped soon to provide the specialist medical care that the government had supported some patients in difficult conditions to seek outside the state.
According to him, patients who have applied for special support because their medical conditions demand for it should check from time to time with the state medical board or office of the head of service or the ministry of local government headquarters to track the progress of their applications.
He assured residents of the state that government would continue to scale up efforts to provide quality and affordable medical services in all nook and crannies of the state.
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