Ramadan Trust Initiative (RTI), a faith-based charity organisation in Kano has donated drugs and other medical utilities for the less privileged persons with various health conditions at Murtala Mohammed Specialist Hospital.
The group also donated one hundred and thirteen thousand naira(N113, 000) cash to 5 persons seeking financial assistance on medical grounds through Freedom Radio Kano.
Presenting the items to the management of the hospital, Malam Aminu Lawal Atana, who is the Vice Chairman II of the organisation said the initiative was aimed at assisting the poor and the less privileged in the state who could not afford their medical services.
He said the initiative was founded 2 years ago primarily to assist the less privileged and the needy especially during the holy month of Ramadan.
“We have rendered help in many places and out of our enquiries we learnt that there is need for drugs especially for women and children in this hospital which formed the basis of this intervention,” he said.
While promising more interventions in the future, Atana urged the hospital’s management to ensure that the materials get to the target beneficiaries.
Receiving the items, the Chief Medical Director (CMD) of theHospital, Dr Nura Idris Tiga expressed appreciation to the group over the gesture describing it as timely.
He said the material came when the health facility is in dire need of them.
Dr Tiga said the hospital had been a centre of call to the poor and less privileged for a very long time due to various free health schemes it runs.
He added that the hosptal attracts the people from neighbouring states and countries which ultimately led to overstretch of its facilities.
He appealed to the group not to restrict its charitable work to Ramadan period saying there was blessing in any work of charity even after the holy month.
He promised that the items would reach to the targeted beneficiaries.
The N113, 000 cash donation was also presented to the Operations Manager of the Freedom Radio, Malam Nasiru Salisu Zango for onward distribution to five persons that approached station seeking financial assistance on health ground.
