As doctors battle to save the lives of the wounded in last night bomb blast in Yola, Adamawa State, the Federal Medical Centre, Yola, has called on members of the public to donate blood to the victims.
The Public Relations Officer of the centre, Malam Mohammed Dodo, made the call on Friday in Yola in an interview with the media, adding that the hospital blood bank and other facilities, such as drugs, had been overstretched as a result of the incident.
“As I am speaking to you, we have 31 dead and 22 people seriously injured,” Dodo said.
Speaking in the same vein, the Chief Medical Director of Yola Specialist Hospital, Dr. Bala Saidu, said 44 people were admitted to the hospital with various degrees of injury, out of which 25 had been treated and discharged.
“We only have 19 people now on admission,” Saidu said, adding that all the dead bodies from the incident had been deposited at the Federal Medical Centre.
Speaking on the blast, the Public Relations Officer of the state police command said the blast was carried out by two suicide bombers.
Thursday night blast was the first to be carried in Yola town
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