Updated: Reps condemn assault on Nasarawa female doctor by patient family

Reacting to the development, Magaji described it as unacceptable.

“As a committee, we condemn it in clear terms. It is unacceptable for anybody to harass and assault any health worker.

“Anybody who does that will be handled accordingly. The law of Nigeria will take full effect to ensure that assault, intimidation and harassment of health workers must stop by all means,” he said.

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He assured that his committee would ensure those accused of assaulting the female doctor are prosecuted and made to face the wrath of the law to serve as a deterrent to others.

“If we allow this to pass, people will continue to do it. We don’t want a situation where somebody will stab a doctor. We will bring these people to book and ensure they are punished,” he added.

Magaji said the committee also inspected projects executed by the management of the centre within the 2022 and 2023 budget framework.

“Coming into this hospital, what we noticed is that the budgetary allocation for the hospital is by far too low to handle the patient load of this hospital.

“Nevertheless, we have heard the challenges facing the hospital and we will see to it that intervention is done for this hospital and of course in the 2025 appropriation, we will ensure enough money is appropriated for the hospital,” he stated.

In an interview, Dr Yahaya Adamu, Chief Medical Director of FMC Keffi, appreciated the visit of the House of Representatives committee.

“We thank them for coming and making very objective assessment of the situation we are in and I am sure they will look at us differently in the next year budget,” he said.