Aisha Buhari’s Mercy Mission Visits Kano Hospitals
BY GRACE ANYANWU, ABUJA – The First Lady of Nigeria, Mrs. Aisha Muhammadu Buhari’s delegation on Tuesday, November 5, 2019, visited 11 hospitals in Kano State and presented gift packs to 6000 patients.
The gift packs which contained nutritional food products were distributed to the hospitals visited by the delegation which was on a mercy mission.
In a message delivered at the Murtala Muhammad Specialist Hospital, a senior official of Aisha Buhari Foundation, Fatima Rafindadi, who led the delegation, said the mission was in continuation of the First Lady’s national drive to show love to those who are sick and hospitalized.
She said beyond treatment and medication, this category of people need love and care; and as National Nutrition Ambassador, Mrs. Buhari always observes the need to support their nutritional requirements so that they will recover faster.
Mrs. Buhari, urged on well-meaning Nigerians to spend more on sick people some of whom may find it difficult to even pay their bills.
In an address of welcome, the Chief Medical Director of the Murtala Muhammad Specialist Hospital, Kano, Dr. Hussaini Muhammad expressed gratitude to the First Lady for this huge effort, which, he noted, will encourage other privileged Nigerians to emulate.
Dr. Muhammad said as the oldest and busiest hospital in Kano state, they receive patients from long distances who are in need of care or support, her intervention, he said, is therefore highly appreciated. He said, the hospital had large traffic of patients because most of their services are free.
The remaining hospitals visited by the mission were Hasiya Bayero, Dala, Jakara, Dawanau, Bela, Muhammad Jidda, Infectious Diseases Hospital, Waziri Gidado Hospital, Abubakar Imam Hospital and Mariya Sunusi Hospital.
