FMC Yola settles medical bills of 140 patients through its pauper fund

Tom Garba, Yola

Federal medical center, Yola, through its pauper fund had spent over N6.2million to treat over 140 patients on admission who were unable to pay for their medical bills at the FMC Yola.

Chairman of the FMC Hospital Paupers fund, Alh. Suleiman Abdullahi disclosed this in Yola.

The chairman who was a gubernatorial aspirant under the defunct ANNP said the pauper fund was an initiative of the management of Federal Medical Center Yola to carter for the increasing cases of patient who could not pay for their medical bills particularly by those affected by the insurgency.

The retired managing Director of Savannah Sugar Company said the members of the Pauper fund committee members are drawn from the public with impeccable characters and can encourage donation from individuals, cooperate organization and NGOs.

Alhaji Suleiman Abdullahi Added that the money realized is used to pay medical bills of those admitted in FMC Yola and cannot pay for the treatment stressing that the funds is not meant to pay bills of Adamawa state indigene alone but to all Nigerians including foreigners who cannot pay his/her medical bills in FMC Yola but must be on admission in the hospital.

The chairman of the fund scheme explained that the Federal Medical Centre, Yola (FMCY) has been receiving an abnormally high number of patients who got admitted but were unable to pay for the healthcare services rendered to them. This could not be unconnected with the economic situation of the area arising from the devastation and displacement occasioned by Boko Haram insurgency. So many patients have benefited from the fund scheme, which secretariat is located at the Federal Medical Centre Yola,Adamawa State.