HOODLUMS INVADE KOGI CENTRAL MEDICAL STORE, CART AWAY MEDICAL EQUIPMENT
Hoodlums, on Wednesday, October 28, invaded the Kogi State Central Medical Store in Lokoja, and carted away medical equipment.
Dr Saka Audu, the State’s Commissioner for Health, made this known at a press conference on Wednesday.
The Commissioner, who he led a team from the ministry and the media to inspect the burgled medical store, expressed shock over the incident and said it would be very difficult for Kogi State to recover from it.
Dr Audu revealed that the state does not have the capacity to recover what had been carted away or vandalised in a short term period without adequate external intervention and support.
He said; ”With a heavy heart, I am obliged to make public a very sad development, a kind of which I have never witnessed in my whole life.
”The Kogi State Central Medical Store was burgled and equipment worth billions of naira were stolen.
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”Those equipment that couldn’t be stolen like the walk-in refrigerator for immunisation, components of MRI/CT Scan machines were vandalised beyond repair, while others were moved from the store and broken into pieces in nearby bushes.’’
Medical equipment and items looted include; Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI), and Computed Tomography machines, Digital Mammography, Digital Radiography, consumables, drugs, office furniture, air conditioners, solar power unit, and fans.
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