Mubi General Hospital, where one doctor attends to hundreds of Boko Haram victims

Mubi is the second largest town in Adamawa state – with a population estimated at 250,000 – and plays host to the general hospital where hundreds of bomb blast victims are being treated in the wake of the Boko Haram insurgency.

Victims of Monday’s bomb blast in nearby Madagali, which 17 have been confirmed dead and 47 injured, were taken to the Mubi General Hospital for emergency care and treatment.

But the hospital has only one doctor.

Abdulrahman Abubakar, the member representing Mubi south in Adamawa House of Assembly, has sent an urgent plea to the state government to deploy more medical doctors in the hospital.

Making the appeal during an interview with journalists on Tuesday in Yola, Abubakar said this became necessary to address challenges of victims of insurgent attacks in Mubi zone.

He regretted that the hospital has only one qualified doctor.

“This is grossly inadequate for Mubi which is the second largest town in the state,” he said.

“Life has fully returned to normal in Mubi since the Boko Haram invasion and it is high time the government do something urgently about this development.

“For instance, some of the injured victims of Monday suicide attack in Madagali town were taken to Mubi general hospital, showing the need to do something about the hospital which is located in the ongoing fight against insurgency.”