The hospital was invaded after the assailants attacked the facility, kidnapping two health workers during the operation.
Gunmen suspected to be bandits terrorising some parts of Zamfara State on Friday attacked a General Hospital in Dansadau community in the Maru Local Government Area of the State.
The hospital was invaded after the assailants attacked the facility, kidnapping two health workers during the operation.
The chairman of Nigerian Medical Association, Zamfara State chapter, Dr. Mannir Bature, confirmed the incident.
According to him, the bandits stormed the hospital with the intention of kidnapping medical doctors and nurses attached to the hospital but after a search, they only ended up in kidnapping a ward attendant and a patient’s relation.
He further revealed that two other female staff of the hospital were injured during the attack.
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Following the incident, Dr. Bature noted that the NMA Zamfara branch will hold an emergency state officers council meeting on Saturday, July 31, at the NMA Secretariat to deliberate on the issue.
The state’s Police Public Relations Officer, SP Mohammed Shehu, was unable to take his calls and could not respond to text messages forwarded to him.
According to a report, the attack which took place in the early hours of Friday led to the abduction of a health worker and one other individual.
Confirming the attack, the chairman of the Nigerian Medical Association, Zamfara State branch Dr. Mannir Bature told Channels Television that the gunmen stormed the hospital and started looking for medical doctors and nurses and in the process abducted a ward attendant and a patient’s relation.
He further stated that two other female staff of the hospital were wounded in the raid.
Worried about the unfortunate incident, Dr. Bature noted that the NMA Zamfara branch will hold an emergency state officers council meeting on Saturday 31st July 2021 at NMA Secretariat to deliberate on the issue.
Dansadau community has been in the news recently for several attacks by bandits, leading to the kidnapping of residents.
The community has been reaching out to the Federal and State Governments, pleading that more security personnel be deployed to the troubled area.
