Patients outraged over non-water supply, poor sanitary condition at Abuja National Hospital

Patients and inmates at the National Hospital, Abuja, have expressed anger and disgust over lack of water supply and poor sanitary condition of the facility.

They lamented that for close to 24 hours the situation has persisted, reports Persecondnews.

This has made patients and relatives unable to take their baths, and also left the bathrooms, toilets and wards in deplorable state.

Persecondnews exclusively gathered that relatives of admitted patients went outside the facility to get water as the hospital made no alternative provision for water.

A parent of one of the patients in the hospital, who spoke exclusively to Persecondnews anonymously, said: “Since 4 pm yesterday till now, there is no water for patients to bath and flush the toilet. The whole place is in a mess.

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“You can’t enter the bathrooms and toilets because they are very dirty and smelling as a result of this lack of water supply. Since morning relatives of patients have been searching for water with jerrycans.

“Some went as far as outside the hospital gate to fetch water. This situation is frustrating and embarrassing.”

He said the hospital cleaners left without cleaning in the morning when they realized there was no water to wash the bathrooms, toilets and the wards.

A staff of the hospital, who spoke on condition of anonymity to Persecondnews said: “It is an emergency but we are fixing it. Hopefully water will be restored soon “