UMTH Provides N150m Free Health Care To IDP’s In Northeast

The University of Maiduguri Teaching Hospital (UMTH) said it spent nearly N150 million to provide free health care services to victims of violence in the North East.

Prof. Abdulrahman Tahir, Chief  Medical Director, said this during the inauguration of the upgraded complex of the Association of Resident Doctor’s Complex (ARD), on Wednesday in Maiduguri.

He said that the amount was spent on providing optimal health services to victims affected by the Boko Haram insurgency.

“Our Resident doctors have also remained resilient and committed toward giving their best for the IDPs. While the national Association embarked on strike, they refused to join them in Borno.

“The challenge in the UMTH was also enormous as so many of our staffs have been killed in the last four years by the insurgents while many of our doctors have relocated to other areas for fear of their lives.

“Almost all the patients attacked by Boko Haram were brought to this hospital and that had led to the overstretching of our facilities.

“I gave them a standing order that whenever the victims were brought to the hospital, they shouldn’t hesitate to give them all the support they needed.

“In line with this effort, we wrote to NEMA and they had supported us with N30 million to continue with our support. Borno government also gave N10 million. For now, we are still expecting some intervention from the government,” said Tahir.