Despite the N3.87bn allocated to it in
the 2016 Appropriation Act, lack of drugs and other essential medical
items have crippled operations at the State House Medical Centre, The PUNCH has learnt.
The centre provides medical services to
the President, Vice-President and their families, aides, members of
staff of the State House and other entitled public servants.
It is also a training facility for house officers and other medical personnel.
Investigations by our correspondent
showed that the centre located in Asokoro, a highbrow area of the
Federal Capital Territory, is gradually becoming a shadow of its old
self.
A cross-section of the centre’s patients told The PUNCH that patients were now being asked to go and buy drugs from outside as they were no longer available in the centre.
Most hit, it was further learnt, are patients with kidney problems who are currently undergoing dialysis in the facility.(Punch)
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