BY Solomon Ayado
The authorities of the Federal Medical Centre (FMC), Makurdi,
yesterday shut down the hospital and evacuated about 802 patients on
admission because of alleged attack by gunmen on the area.
The permanent site of the hospital is sited at Apir, which is about
10 kilometres from Makurdi, the state capital. Apir is situated along
the Makurdi-Otukpo expressway and the accident and emergency units as
well as sub-units of administration and security departments of the
health facility are located in it.
Gunmen had attacked some communities at Mbalom district, near
Ikpayongo, which is not far from Apir area where the hospital is
located.
The chief medical director of the FMC, Dr Mathias Oyigeya, told
LEADERSHIP on phone that the closure of the hospital and sudden
evacuation of patients was due to security breaches in the area. He said
the hospital was not fenced.
Oyigeya said, “I am not in the state right now but the evacuation of
the patients is because of these attacks by suspected Fulani herdsmen.
They had attacked some communities near the place and the hospital is
not fenced, and so we had to take the move to beef up security and
prevent any damage.”
Yesterday, ambulances and shuttle buses from the hospital were seen
moving patients, beds and other health equipment to the Wadata branch.
The medical personnel and administrative staff had also embarked on
supervision of the exercise.
However, the hospital’s spokesperson, Mr Alex Ohenyi, told
journalists that the action was to prevent unforeseen circumstances. He
noted that “the hospital unit at Apir has become a war theatre and the
management decided to shut the place and relocate the patients to
enhance adequate security.”
Meanwhile, pandemonium broke out at Apir where the hospital is
located, yesterday, when youths of the area barricaded the road leading
to the place after they had noticed that patients and medical facilities
were being moved out. The angry youths said they were hopeless since a
government facility was being evacuated and adequate security was not
provided by government.
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