MDCAN, UCH Offset 12 Indigent Patient’s Medical Bills

With many indigent patients undergoing treatments at the University College Hospital (UCH) and groaning to meet their medical demands as a result of paucity of funds, the Medical and Dental Consultants’ Association of Nigeria (MDCAN) on Monday came to the rescue of 12 of them.

The UCH branch of MDCAN said N400, 000 was distributed to the patients, mostly children who are being held back due to their financial incapabilities in various wards across the medical, surgical and psychological departments of the hospital.

The cash donation which was done in collaboration with the hospital management was part of activities to commemorate the MDCAN Annual General Meeting. The weeklong AGM was themed, “Team Building in the Health Management and Leadership in Contemporary Nigeria”.

Speaking at a press conference to herald the AGM, MDCAN Chairman, Dr. Victor Makanjuola, explained the collaborative charity effort between its association and the UCH management.

He noted that while the MDCAN presented the cash sum of money to the patients, the UCH management granted waivers on different fees to the patients, including bed and surgical fees. Makanjuola who was later accompanied by the Chairman, Medical Advisory Committee, UCH, Dr. Victor Akinmoladun, and other executives of MDCAN to the patients in the different wards, where they are receiving treatment in the hospital, noted the beneficiaries were selected for the gestures after their cases were reviewed. He said it was discovered that some of the patients still undergoing treatment could not settle their hospital bills, while some others who had completed their treatment were still being held because they could not pay their bills.