University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital (UITH) Ilorin, Kwara State has taken delivery of $380,000 consignment of medical equipment donated by a nonprofit organisation, Emeka Offor Foundation. The foundation also donated 100 hospital beds with mattresses, cupboards, and other accessories to mitigate challenges of COVID-19 pandemic in the hospital and the nation at large. Presenting the materials to the hospital in Ilorin on Thursday, Chief of Staff to the foundation head, Mr Chris Okey Ezike (AIG rtd. ), said that the teaching hospital was nominated by the Savannah Center for Diplomacy, Democracy and Development as beneficiaries of medical equipment distribution programme for 2020. The Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola, who stated this on Wednesday at the end of the Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting at the Presidential Villa in Abuja, however… Read full story

Source: Nigerian Tribune June 11, 2020 12:56 UTC