Medical consumables worth over one hundred million Naira have been destroyed by management of Benue State University Teaching Hospital (BSUTH), Makurdi.
Chief Medical Director of the hospital, Dr. Stephen Hwande who led the destruction exercise at the hospital’s annex, the Muhammadu Buhari Mother and Child Hospital said the rationale behind the exercise was to ensure that no expired medical consumable was found within the health facility.
According to BSUTH CMD, the move was to curtail administration of harmful and toxic drugs to patients.
He wondered why drugs that were meant for people who were in dire need of them, especially those at the internally displaced persons (IDPs) camps, would be allowed to waste. But commended the state Governor, Rev Father Dr Hyacinth Alia, for prioritising health of the people of the state.
The exercise was witnessed by a team from the National Agency for Food, Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) as well as Special Adviser on Special Duties and Intergovernmental Affairs to Governor Hyacinth Alia, Hon. Fidelis Unongo among others.
