Medicare is sought by a presidential aide for students hurt in the Plateau school crash

Sunday Asefon, the President’s Senior Special Assistant for Student Engagements, has advocated for comprehensive health insurance coverage for kids who suffered various degrees of injuries in the Jos, the capital of Plateau State, school collapse.

Asefon described the untimely departure of the victims of the extremely destructive school building collapse as heartbreaking and tragic, and he paid tribute to them during the solidarity visit.

A recent abrupt building collapse at a primary and secondary school academy in the Busa-Buji community, Jos North Local Government Area of the state, resulted in no fewer than 22 death and 132 injuries.

In a statement made public on Tuesday, Asefon claimed to have visited the survivors at treatment facilities such as the Plateau Specialist Hospital in Jos, Bingham University Teaching Hospital, and Our Lady of Apostles Hospital.

After meeting with the chief medical directors of these hospitals, Asefon made an appeal to the medical staff to use their best professional judgment in rescuing those who had suffered severe injuries so as to prevent the death toll from rising.

He said, “On Monday, I visited Saint Academy Jos, the scene of the Jos school building collapse that left many students dead and several persons injured

“I also visited the hospitals where the survivors were receiving treatments among which are, Plateau Specialist Hospital Jos, Bingham University Teaching Hospital, and Our Lady of Apostles Hospital.

“The kernel of my visit was to ascertain the progress made and solicit for good medical attention for them so that the deaths won’t increase further.

“I met all the Chief Medical Directors of the hospitals to discuss the progress of the treatments, as well as the Plateau State commissioner for secondary education.

“It’s my prayer that God grants the departed souls eternal rest and quick recovery for all those hospitalized”.