Dogara to Sponsor Treatment of 5,000 Patients in Bauchi

In a bid to succour to the less-privileged in his constituency, Speaker, House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara has sponsored the treatment of over 5,000 patients in Bauchi State.

The free medical services was launched at the Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University Teaching Hospital (ATBUTH), Bauchi, it would be rendered by a team of professional doctors known as ‘Doctors on the move Africa’ and would last for two weeks.

At the opening ceremony, Dogara, represented by a member of the House of Representatives from Misau/Dambam constituency in Bauchi State, Ahmed Yerima, explained that the free medical services to be provided include; tests and screening on diabetes, blood pressure, hypertension, HIV/AIDS and Hepatitis.

He further added that ultra-sound scanning, public health campaigns and surgeries of lipomas, hernia, fibroids and goiter would also be conducted by the doctors during the two weeks exercise, saying each day, beneficiaries from two local councils would be attended to.

During a visit to the Emir of Bauchi’s palace, Dogara told the monarch that in January this year, patients from Bogoro, Tafawa Balewa and Dass local councils had benefited from such gesture and is now extended to all the 20 councils in the state.