Kaduna blast: Eight more confirmed dead

…state government to settle victims’ medical bills

Eight more people have been confirmed dead, as hospitals in Kaduna metropolis battle to save lives of victims of Sunday's bomb explosion, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports.
Five of the victims on admission at the St. Gerard Hospital were confirmed dead by the Public Relations Officer of the hospital, Mr. Sunday Ali.

He said three of the patients had also been referred to Ahmadu Bello University Teaching Hospital, Shika, leaving only two at the hospital.
He said one of the remaining victims had a successful surgery on Monday night.
Officials of Barau Dikko Specialists Hospital also confirmed that three of the eight victims on admission at the hospital had lost their lives.

The Police are however claiming that only 11 people were killed in the explosion.
Meanwhile, the state government has said that it will settle the medical bills of all victims of Sunday’s explosion in the state.
The state Deputy Governor, Ramallan Mukthar Yero disclosed this while addressing journalists in his office on Tuesday.

He said the state commissioner for health has been directed to go round the hospitals to ascertain the number of victims that are presently on admission to enable the government take full responsibility of their hospital bills.

He also announced that the government is working out a package for those that lost their property and businesses as well as those that lost their loved ones in the explosion and assured that the government is doing everything possible to put an end to incident of bombing in the state.