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Indigent patients astatine the University of Nigeria Teaching Hospital (UNTH) Enugu had their aesculapian bills paid connected October 9, 2025, nether the N500m South-East Medical Intervention Project.
Speaking to journalists thereafter, Dr Darlington Nwabunike explained that the motion was portion of the ongoing task of De Imperial Philanthropic Family, to walk N500m arsenic Medical Intervention successful redeeming lives successful galore hospitals crossed 5 states successful the South-East zone.
He said the motion was purely borne retired of the Foundation’s passionateness and attraction for humanity.
According to him, Membership of De Imperial Philanthropic Family embraces each acrophobic Igbo citizens some extracurricular the shores of Nigeria, who person passionateness for humanitarian services.
“De Imperial Philanthropic Family are an assembly of South East entrepreneurs who are devoting portion of their resources successful giving backmost to the society. We besides person diaspora members.
“We person travel to acceptable escaped patients who couldn’t spend to wage their bills aft they were discharged astatine UNTH. Also galore who are nary longer being treated for they cannot spend to wage for the outgo of drugs, due to the fact that they don’t person money.
“62 of the patients volition beryllium vacating from the infirmary premises immediately. In summation to offsetting their bills which is simply a small supra N22.9m, I person passionately released supra N1.8m, each of them to person N30,000 to assistance them successful going backmost to their antithetic homes to re unite with their people.
“Those who person not been receiving attraction owed to deficiency of money, henceforth volition spell to the pharmacy to cod their drugs,” Dr Nwabunike stated.
He disclosed that they performed akin motion astatine Alex Ekwueme Teaching Hospital, Ebonyi State, earlier coming to UNTH, Ituku Ozalla, the aforesaid day.
He revealed that they volition determination to different hospitals successful Abia and different states, captured successful the project, immoderate different day.
Also speaking, Elder Kelvin Ekenedilichukwu Ihebuike, who said helium hails from Ezeagu section authorities area, Enugu state, said the ngo and objectives of De Imperial Philanthropic Family was purely to assistance the less-privileged successful the society, stating that the Foundation was besides gathering schools and awarding assistance to superb students with mediocre background.
The UNTH Chief Medical Director, Prof.Obinna Onodugo, who was ably represented by Dr Charles Nonyelu, extolled the absorption of De Imperial Philanthropic Family, stating that the motion was the highest of its benignant from immoderate non-governmental organisation truthful far.
He lamented the inablity of the NHIIS argumentation to unrecorded up to expectations of catering for the wellness needs of mean Nigerians and assured that the donation from the Foundation volition beryllium decently channelled to the healthcare of the patients.
A Professor of Demathology astatine UNTH, Prof. Bessy Nwagha, besides commended De Imperial Philanthropic Family for the gesture, stating that the absorption besides established a ‘UNTH Foundation arsenic an avenue of seeking outer assistance for patients with challenges supra their capacity.
The joyousness of the beneficiaries knew nary bound. They prayed for the Foundation and sang praises to God Almighty. Some of them said they had remained wrong UNTH premises for much than 3 months aft they were discharged due to the fact that of their inability to wage for their treatments.
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