Eddie Bekom the Vice President of Sports Writers Association
of Nigeria (SWAN) in South- South region.
Eddie Bekom and his family are currently battling for their
lives at a hospital, after being involved in a gas explosion. The incident
occurred at the Bekom family house in an estate in Ikom, Cross
River State Saturday, July 1, 2017 .
The explosion severely burnt Eddie, his wife, and his four
children, and they were first treated at a hospital in Ikom before they were
transferred to the Federal Medical Centre in Abakaliki, where they are being
treated.
Unfortunately, one of his children has died as a result of
the severe injuries sustained in the explosion.
Speaking to journalists, Medical Director of the FMC, Dr. Gabriel
Okorie said that his hospital is capable of handling the situation provided
there is adequate fund to buy the necessary materials to treat them.
According to Dr. Okorie, due to the severity of the burn,
each of the patients will need between the sum of N1.5 million to N2 million
for the treatment.
He, therefore, called on the government, both at the federal
and state levels to immediately take over the matter because it is apparently
beyond the Bekoms and their associates.
“I want to call on the government
to take over this treatment like what is obtainable in other countries. In
cases like this, it is the government that picks the bill because the severity
is beyond what the affected family can carry.”
The Sports Writers Association of Nigeria (SWAN) are now
appealing for financial and material support for Mr. Bekom and members of his
family affected by the gas explosion.
In a press statement signed by Olawale Alabi, the general
secretary of SWAN, he called on well meaning Nigerians and all lovers of sports
to come to the financial support of the Bekom family to raise the sum of N10 million.
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