The
management of the Specialist Hospital, Sokoto disclosed on Wednesday
that Gov. Aliyu Wamakko of Sokoto State donated N21 million for free
treatment of renal failure patients at the institution.
The
Chief Medical Director of the hospital, Dr. Attahiru Isa, told the News
Agency of Nigeria in Sokoto that the governor had been donating N1.5
million monthly to the centre from May 2012 to date.
“Since
then all the patients being treated at the centre were getting their
routine dialysis and drugs free, courtesy of the gesture by Wamakko.
“Some
of them come here for between two to eight dialysis sessions per week
and each session costs N15,000 but they are now getting them free as the
governor has been paying the money,” he added.
Isa said the centre was established in March 2011 by the state government with the active collaboration of the MTN foundation.
The
director said “if not for this noble and commendable gesture by Gov.
Wamakko, most of the renal failure patients, especially the indigent
ones, might have died by now.
“Other
wealthy individuals should emulate the governor in this direction. He
does this in addition to the N6 million the state government gives
monthly to the health sub-committee of the Zakkat and endowment for the
free treatment of indigent patients across the state.”
Some
of the patients interviewed at the dialysis centre were full of praises
for the governor, saying “we have nothing to offer to him and his
government than fervent prayers.”
They
appealed to other wealthy individuals and organisations to emulate the
governor, to save the lives of other indigent patients in the state and
the country in general.
( NAN)
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