Wife of Ebonyi governor, Mrs Mary-Maudaline Nwifuru has donated Four Million Naira to support the medical bills of gas explosion victims.
Mrs Nwifuru gave the donation when she visited Alex Ekwueme Federal University Teaching Hospital Abakaliki, where the victims aged 12-19 are receiving treatment.
According to her, two million naira from her foundation, Better Health for Rural Women Children and Internally Displaced BERWO was for the support of the victims’ treatment while she provided nine-year-old Anita Afamuefuna with an additional two million naira to cover her surgical expenses.
Mrs. Nwifuru appealed to the medical personnel to provide the best possible care for the victims and ensure their swift recovery.
Recall that the gas explosion which occurred last weekend, at Good Shepherd Catering School in Orokeonuoha, Ebonyi, had claimed the lives of two students and Eight others, left with severe burns.
The Chief Medical Director of the hospital, Prof. Robinson Onoh, assured that medical experts are committed to providing necessary treatment.
According to Onoh, who was represented by Dr. Uchenna Nwedu, chairman of the Medical Advisory Committee, CMAC, eight victims are currently receiving treatment in the hospital’s Accident and Emergency Burns and Plastic unit.
“one was discharged after 24 hours admission while one died due to severe burns, Remaining 8. Out of the 8, 6 of them have major burns injury, more than 60 percent affectation and they have been receiving and responding to treatment”. Nwedu said
Meanwhile, Anita’s grandmother, Mrs. Grace Nwankwoagu, expressed gratitude for Mrs. Nwifuru’s financial support, revealing that they had been admitted to the hospital for three months.
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