Dengi Old Students Association Donates Hospital Equipment To Plateau Specialist Hospital To Boost Health Care Delivery

Yakubu Busari

The National President of Dengi Old Students Association, (DOSA) Professor Abdullahi Shehu Yibaikwal, has disclosed that the association embarked on the oversight function of donating hospital equipment to assist Plateau Specialist Hospital, Jos, as part of its programs of events for their 2022 National Convention toward improving medical services in the state.

He stated this during the distribution on Friday, September 23rd, 2022, at the Conference Hall of Robert Garlow House, Plateau State Human Virology Research Centre (PLASVIREC) in the Plateau Specialists Hospital Jos.

He said the gesture is to improve the health sector in the state by calling on other national bodies, and spirited Nigerians to emulate how to help vulnerable people assess Heath care delivery.

According to him, we are very ambitious and we have a vision. Our vision is to impact lives and we recognize what the government has given us and we felt we have a responsibility to give back to the society what government has given us.

“So, we organized this visit to the hospital as a symbolic gesture to commend the government for what they are doing in this direction and to call the attention of the health sector in particular and to the Specialists Hospital in Jos so that, the services of this hospital can impact our people not only in Plateau State but Nigeria as a whole.

He further added that “The spirit behind what we do is more important than the amount we sank here because even we had brought one billion Naira here, it is meaningless to say it since we did not do it for publicity. We did it with good intention to draw attention so that, other people should do what we have done and they can even do better”, he said.

Yibaikwal, called on the government and the private sector as well as spirited individuals who felt and were concerned about the health of their people should contribute even little because health is wealth and sympathize with the situation being faced in this Specialists Hospital no matter how small.

 Appreciating DOSA for the kind gesture, the Chief Medical Director of Plateau Specialists Hospital Jos, Dr. Filimon Golwa, said this was the first time an association such as this was donating to the hospital saying, “whoever invests in humanity, invest in God”.

He further enthused: “We promise to use these equipment to the service of humanity”.

The Gbong Gwom Jos and Chairman Plateau State Traditional Council, His Royal Majesty, Da Jacob Gyang Buba, expressed joy and that, it was a reawakening challenge to all who cherished Plateau State and appealed that people should donate no matter how small to the hospital irrespective of tribe or religion for them save lives.

At the event, commendations came from the Chief Medical Director of Plateau State Hospital Management Board PSHMB, Dr. Dajom Y. Dakwak, Plateau State Chairman of the Nigeria Medical Association (NMA), and Dr. Bapigang Williams Audu amongst others.