#EndSARS protests victims undergo amputation as 185 benefit from N20m medical intervention
Patients being treated in 23 hospitals across nine states
Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu visits injured #EndSARS victims of the Lekki mayhem at a hospital in Lagos
The Chief Executive Officer of Whitefield Foundation, Funmi Johnson has disclosed that 185 patients have benefitted from the Coca-Cola/Whitefield N20 million medical intervention fund.
Patients being treated in 23 hospitals across nine states – Abia, Enugu, Ebonyi, Lagos, Edo, Rivers, Cross Rivers, Akwa Ibom and Plateau as well as the FCT – benefited from the intervention fund.
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Coca-Cola Nigeria and its bottling partners (NBC) had provided a N20million donation to an NGO, Whitefield Foundation, to help defray the medical bills of some of the hospitalized victims of the violence that trailed the #EndSARS protests across the country.
The patients according to Johnson are being treated for various degrees of injuries, including gunshots while amounts ranging from N10,000 to N300,000 were disbursed directly to their respective hospitals on their behalf.
“Unfortunately, some of the patients have had to undergo amputation and will be provided with prosthetic limbs, to enhance their ability to function normally post-recovery. About 30percent were outpatients while 70percent were on admission of which 21percent had been discharged as at November 12, 2020.
“This has been an eye-opening, hope-restoring and sometimes heart-breaking experience for me. Going round hospitals in person, and also reviewing reports from agents and patients across Nigeria leaves me grateful to Coca-Cola Nigeria. Several people have been saved from untimely death by their support,” Johnson said while she appealed to corporate organizations and people with wherewithal to support NGOs to bring more relief initiatives to the helpless.
She also appealed to Nigerians to shun violence at all costs.
Whitefield Foundation over the years has committed itself to social intervention, community capacity building and socially meaningful and impactful programs that have helped hundreds lead a more meaningful life.
In 2002, the NGO in the aftermath of the unfortunate bombing episode in Lagos, distributed free food support to over 4,000 households impacted by the incidence.