Visit to Federal Medical Center Gusau and Yariman Bakura Specialist hospital

Committee Report on Hospital Visitation Program.
Date: 20th to 21 July 2022
Location: Federal Medical Center Gusau and Yariman Bakura Specialist hospital
Objectives: To empathize with compassion and assess Patients’ Health Condition and financial capability to cope.
To Provide Support in Cash and kind to patients in a bid to ease the burden attached admission such as hospital bills, drugs, injections etc.
Assessment Report: On the 20th July 2022 the committee after a thorough fact finding through direct contact with patients, relatives and in consultation with nurses on duty found out that:
a. There are set of discharged but detained patients whom couldn’t settle their hospital bills.
b. Admitted Patients with prevailing sickness for the past 2 to 3 months.
c. Malnourished Children
d. Children attacked by Malaria
e. Theatre Patients’ on an emergency ground.
f. Cancerous Patients’
g. Ulcer and Patients’with psychological disorder such as depression among others admitted cut across;
i. Accident and Emergency
ii. Emergency Pediatric
iii. Female ward and female surgical ward
iv. Male Surgical to mention but few.
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Action/ Intervention:
*Cash Transfer

• Refunding of already paid bills and drugs by Patients’/relatives.

SUMMARY.
The CEO Haj. Dr. Lubna Muhammad Baba Gusau perused the sum of N360,000.00 upon receiving the assessment report.
On the 21st of July 2022 at about 16PM to 18PM the assessed, identified and selected Patients’ were given Cash Transfer in the following order of health condition as well as financial constraints:

1. 20,000
2. 10,000.
3. 5,000

Number of Beneficiaries:
Federal Medical Center Gusau : 23 Patients.
Yariman Bakura Specialist hospital: 22
Cumulative: 45 Patients.
Remarks: Satisfactory.

Recommendation.
A. There should be More of Cash Transfer to Patients.
B. Health Program/sensitization on Malaria, Nutrition, ulcer and cancer. Most in rural-urban communities
C. Food can be provided to patients because we realized that they hardly eat 3square meals
Challenges