The Supportive Mother’s Club in Nigeria has donated cash to critically ill patients and their parents in Nyanya General Hospital, Federal Capital Territory (FCT) to offset their medical bills and support them with medical supplies.
Development Diaries reports that the nonprofit said the gesture was to reduce the burden of medical bills and financial hardship families face in the country.
‘We know times are so hard and there are people who are in need and don’t have a source of income, support, or where to seek help to offset their medical bills’, the organisation’s president, Larai Shira, said.
‘We are mothers and we feel we should extend a hand of kindness to families, indigent and less privileged persons to give a helping hand to those in need’.
‘We encourage the society, who have the means but don’t know how and where to go about it. We shouldn’t wait for the government to do everything. There are things that we can do to help the privileged should do to assist’.
Shira encouraged Nigerians to render support and help to the less privileged and marginalised persons in the society, especially in this critical time of economic hardship.
Since President Ahmed Tinubu announced the removal of fuel subsidy, Nigerians have faced untold economic hardship.
Amid the removal of subsidy on petrol, Nigeria’s inflation rate rose to 22.41 percent in May 2023, up from 22.22 percent in April 2023.
Also, 2022 data from the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) show that 63 percent of persons, or 133 million people, living in Nigeria were multidimensionally poor, making it almost impossible to afford medical treatment.
Photo source: NAN