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| Federal Medical Centre Yola (Image source: PREMIUM TIMES) |
The Federal Medical Centre Yola, has
called on members of the public to donate blood to victims of Thursday’s bomb
blast that occurred at Yola Market.
The
spokesperson of the centre, Mohammed Dodo, made the call Friday in Yola in an
interview.
Mr.
Dodo said the hospital blood bank and other facilities such as drugs had been
overstretched as a result of the incident.
“As
I am speaking to you, we have 31 dead and 22 people seriously injured,” Mr.
Dodo said.
Agency report continues:
The
chief medical director of Yola Specialist Hospital, Bala Saidu, said 44 people
were admitted to the hospital with various degrees of injury, out of which 25
have been treated and discharged.
“We
only have 19 people now on admission,” Mr. Saidu said.
He
said all bodies from the incident had been deposited at the Federal Medical
Centre.
Meanwhile,
the Lamido of Adamawa, Barkindo Mustapha and Adamawa Deputy Governor, Martins
Babale, have visited the scene and victims of the incident.
They
condemned the blast and urged the public to be more vigilant.
The Thursday night blast,
which is the first in Yola town according to the spokesperson of the Adamawa
Police Command, Othman Abubakar, was carried out by two suicide bombers who are
among the dead.
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