The Kwara State Government has said that it will pay the medical bills of the seven victims of the Nigerian Correctional Service Vehicle accident which occurred at Oja Oba roundabout, Ilorin on Thursday.
The government gesture was contained in a statement issued by the state Hospitals Management Board and jointly signed by the Press Secretary of the Board, Halimat Zulu-Gambari.
The Board said that seven victims of the accident were brought to the general hospital, hospital, Ilorin for treatment, adding that two of them were treated and discharged while the remaining five were placed on admission 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.
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.
