Group assists 39 auto-crash victims in 12 months

A group,  M. Kukoyi Foundation (MKF), in partnership with Health Emergency Initiative (HEI), has assisted 39 critically injured Road Traffic Accident (RTA) victims in Lagos.
   
Founder of MKF, Dr. Mobola Kukoyi, who disclosed this, said it recorded 82 per cent survival rate in 2022.  
   
She noted that avoidable deaths from road crashes are becoming a threat to young people in Nigeria. 
   
According to her, there is need for an urgent and broad-based action to address this malady.
 

“This collaboration was a response to very sad reports that victims of road traffic accidents face terrible consequences and avoidable fatalities due to poor post-crash care support and institutional weaknesses in the country,” she noted.  

Executive Director of HEI, Mr. Paschal Achunine, thanked the Board of MKF Foundation for its unrelenting support for the social well-being of Nigerians. 
   
According to him, the existing Memorandum of Understanding (MoU),  HEI signed with the  Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC),  National Orthopaedic hospital, Igbobi,  Federal Medical Centre,  Ebute Metta and selected hospitals in Lagos State, enhances chances of prompt resuscitation and stabilisation of crash victims  when taken to these facilities.
 
He said: “It is exciting to know the outcome of the 2022 post-crash care intervention, the Board of MKF Foundation recently approved and disbursed more funds to support accident victims in 2023. The duration for this project is  three months with a target to reach over 42 beneficiaries across Lagos State. 
 
“HEI is a credible NGO that has supported and brought succour to more than 1,700 indigent and vulnerable patients and accident victims across Lagos and beyond.  “It is also a recipient of Best Supporting NGO Awards from Lagos State Health Service Commission and FRSC.”