Nigeria: Lagos Gives N50 Million to First Consultant Hospital, As Survivors Get N26 Million

LAGOS State governor, Babatunde Fashola (SAN), has d

onated N50 million to First Consultant Medical Centre, Obalende, where the index case of the deadly Ebola Virus Disease (EVD), was reported.

The governor also presented N26 million to all the 13 EVD casualties and survivors in the State to enable them carry on with their lives.

Fashola who described the gesture as a support to the heroes and heroines of the Ebola-Free Nigeria, noted that the gesture was not a compensation but an act of showing compassion for a group of highly patriotic Nigerians who rescued the nation from a deadly epidemic at their own expense.

The governor who was represented by the Commissioner for Health, Dr. Jide Idris at a brief cheque presentation ceremony held at the Ministry of Health's Conference Room, Alausa commended the survivors for the roles they played in the containment of EVD adding that the gesture goes to show that the State government cares and have not forgotten the sacrifices made by both survivors and casualties of EVD.

He explained that each of the 13 survivors and relatives of the dead victims would get N2 million each as government support for their humanitarian service during the containment while the First Consultant Medical Centre; who bore the brunt of the outbreak of the disease would get N50 million adding that the State government will also support the facility in any way it can to bring the facility back to business

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