05/08/2025
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Gwantu General Hospital kaduna state: A shadow of neglect
Last Thursday, I accompanied a friend to Gwantu for a project inspection but something stroked at my heart, so I decided to walk into the government facility.
What I saw was devastating, what should be a place of healing and comfort, has become a shadow of neglect and a place of suffering.
The entire government facility is falling apart. Not one block is spared from rainwater leaking through broken roofs. The wards, where the sick should find safety, have no doors. The windows are bare, leaving patients exposed to the cold, wind, and mosquitoes.
A caregiver who brought her mother-in-law for urgent care, could not be attended to for a whole two days because there was no doctor. She felt abandoned, defeated, tears rolling and her hope dashed.
Only one medical doctor serving over 200,000 people.
How did we get here? How did we let it get this bad?
People are sleeping on wet beds. Nurses are working under impossible conditions. Pain, everywhere, and yet no one is speaking loud enough.
To make matters worse, two well-known public figures come from this very town. People who know the weight of influence and the meaning of service. Will they turn away, or will they step up and act?
Was Gwantu General Hospital included in Governor Uba Sani’s promise to upgrade healthcare facilities? If yes, why has nothing changed? If not, why was this community forgotten? I asked.
This is not a post for clout or blame. It is a cry from deep within.
Sanga people deserve more. They deserve to live, to heal, with dignity. Healthcare is not a favour. It is a right.
Credit: Israel Bulus.