A group, De Imperial Philanthropic Family (DIPF) Friday paid the sum of N43.4million hospital bills for 72 indigent patients in Alex Ekwueme Federal Teaching Hospital Abakaliki.
This was as DIPF said it has earmarked N500 million for the project in south-east.
The group also gifted N75,000 cash to each of the indigent patients for transportion back to their respective homes.
President of De Imperial Philanthropic Family (DIPF) Dr. Darlington Nwabunike, disclosed this at Alex Ekwueme Federal Teaching Hospital (AE-FUTHA 1) Abakaliki.
Nwabunike said the organisation also gives scholarship to indigent students and is also building classrooms to advance conducive teaching and learning in some schools in South-east.
He however, disclosed that the organisation was founded in 2021 with over 200 members made up of captain of industries, entrepreneurs and wealthy sons of South-east extraction.
He said, "De Imperial Philanthropic Family is made up of Captains of industries, entrepreneurs and who is who in south east.
"We both came together for the purpose of saving livies, sending children to schools and lifting the poor from grass to grace.
"So we are directed by God to pay this visit to Ebonyi. So nobody invited us but Almighty God.
"When I saw the bills, for me it was heart broken but by the grace of God, we have come and we will conquer and won't stop.
"So with me here is the compiled list of patients. And we have about 72 patients and the total bill is 43.4 million naira, duely stamped by the social welfare unit of Alex Ekwueme Federal Teaching Hospital AE-FUTHA, Abakaliki
"And now we want to make a formal presentation of the sum to the management of this hospital led by Dr. Robinson Onoh.
"We are philanthropic family with over 200 members from South east region with the aim and objectives of helping in addressing health challenges.
"We are also into education intervention where we give scholarships and build classrooms to improve learning and teaching in schools across the five states in South East.
"Presently we have classroom building projects ongoing in south east states and we are assuring the management of Alex Ekwueme Federal Teaching Hospital of our continual intervention in the area of health henceforth.
Earlier, the Chief Medical Director of AE-FUTHA Abakaliki, Dr. Robinson Onoh who commended the organisation for the humanitarian gesture, also pleded with them to assist the hospital in it's proposed plan to start heart surgery programme.