blood in order to save the lives of victims of the Friday bomb blast
in Kano.
Many victims of the attack were on admission at various hospitals in
the state capital.
Alhaji Musa Ilallah, the North-West Coordinator of the National
Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) disclosed this in an interview
shortly after visiting Murtala Mohammed Specialist Hospital in Kano on
Saturday.
Already, he said the Federal Ministry of Health had directed its blood
bank from Katsina to supply blood to the hospitals immediately.
‘’We went round the hospitals to assess the condition of those who are
receiving treatment and we understand that what they needed most are
blood and consumables.
‘’I spoke with the Federal Ministry of Health and they have assured me
that they will mobilised blood bank in Katsina to supply blood to the
hospitals’’, he said.
The Coordinator said the Ministry had also promised to supply drugs
and other needed consumables from Abuja.
Ilallah commended Kano state government for providing all the needed
materials for the treatment of the injured persons in the hospitals.
In his remark, the Executive secretary of the state Hospitals
Management Board, Dr Kabir Maso-Kano said lack of consumables was
hindering the treatment of the victims.
He however commended the residents for coming to coming to hospitals
to donate blood for the victims.
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