Nigeria grappled with known and unknown ailments in 2017. Nigeria grappled with a few health scares in 2017 amid a crumbling healthcare sector, medical workers embarking on industrial action and hospitals reduced to mere consulting clinics.For context, 2017 was the year when First Lady Aisha Buhari disclosed that the Aso Rock clinic had no syringe or x-ray facilities to call its own–even after receiving billions of naira in budgetary allocations through the years.Here are the health scares that made Nigerians doubly worried in 2017…1. Strange illness kills 50 in JigawaIn November, the people of Gidan Dugus in Wangara District, Dutse Local Government of Jigawa State, reportedly lost 50 children to a “strange ailment”.One parent, Haladu Usman, told the media that she lost seven children to the ailment. “Within 14 days, I lost seven of my children, 3 boys and 4 girls. The children died one after the other,” Usman said.Another parent, Salisu Abdullahi, said the community had left everything in God’s hands.
