The Kwara State Government has announced that it will pay the medical bills of the seven victims of the Nigerian Correctional Service Vehicle accident that occurred on Thursday at the Oja Oba roundabout in Ilorin.
The government gesture was featured in a statement made by the state Hospitals Management Board and jointly signed by Halimat Zulu-Gambari, the Board’s Press Secretary.
According to the Board, seven accident victims were transported to the general hospital in Ilorin for treatment, and two of them were treated and discharged, while the remaining five were admitted and were in stable condition at the hospital.
It said that the state government had directed the state hospital management Board to waive all medical and prescription bills incurred by the victims of the accident in the hospital.
“The attention of the Kwara State Hospitals Management Board was today, October 19, 2023, called to the accident involving a vehicle of the Nigerian Correctional Services at Oja Oba Ilorin. Seven victims suffered varying degrees of injuries and were rushed to General Hospital Ilorin for treatment.
“Two of the victims were later discharged after assessments and treatment, while the remaining five (5) were placed on admission. They are all in stable condition. Two of them sustained fractures and have been scheduled for surgery.
“General Hospital Ilorin has been directed by the Kwara State Hospitals Management Board to waive all medical and prescription fees of the victims, given the circumstances of the sad incident.
“The Hospitals Management Board wishes all the victims safe recoveries,” the statement said.
Newsclick Nigeria had reprteed that one of the vehicles in the convoy of the Nigerian Correctional Service was involved in an accident at Oja Oba area of Ilorin, Kwara state while conveying some inmates to the Kwara state High Court, Ilorin to attend to their Court cases on Thursday and injured about seven people.