Household tackles Lagos hospital over printer’s loss of life

Dayo Oyewo

The household of a printer, Tunji Adebara, has accused the administration of the Ikorodu Basic Hospital of negligence leading to his loss of life on the medical facility within the Ikorodu space of Lagos State.

PUNCH Metro gathered that Tunji, round 11 pm, boarded a tricycle whereas heading residence from work however had an accident on the Library bus cease, alongside the Ayangburen Highway in Ikorodu.

Our correspondent learnt that the accident occurred when the driving force of a automobile tried to overhaul the tricycle carrying the printer and different passengers.

Whereas one of many passengers died on the spot, Tunji and two different passengers within the tricycle reportedly sustained various levels of damage.

The motive force, upon realising the magnitude of the accident, fled from the scene as some good Samaritans reportedly rushed the injured victims to the Ikorodu Basic Hospital for pressing remedy.

On attending to the premises, the hospital employees, as a substitute of commencing remedy on them, reportedly demanded contacts of their kin however to no avail as Tunji was in a semi-conscious state.

The printer, nonetheless, died because of the accidents sustained in the course of the accident.

Tunji’s spouse, Tola, who spoke to our correspondent on Tuesday, mentioned when the whereabouts of her husband had been unknown, a case of a lacking particular person was reported to the police.

She mentioned, “I additionally known as his colleague at work and he advised me he was the one which dropped him the earlier evening on the police put up in Ebute, Ikorodu. That was after I knew one thing had gone mistaken.

 “We needed to go to a police station the place we had been advised to attend for twenty-four hours. So, the next day (Saturday) myself, his colleague and his Uncle went across the police stations within the space however couldn’t find him.

“After we learnt that an accident occurred on the Library bus cease, alongside Ayangburen Highway, we went to the emergency ward of the Ikorodu Basic Hospital however we had been advised that they didn’t see him.

“It was later that my husband’s uncle sighted a card with my husband’s identify on it. He known as the eye of the medical employees to it and the physician in cost advised us that he was introduced in lifeless.”

The printer’s uncle, Adegbuyi Arejiogbe, mentioned he disagreed with the narrative that Tunji was introduced in lifeless, including that if he was licensed lifeless on arrival, his identify wouldn’t have appeared on the hospital’s medical card.

“How did the hospital know Tunji’s identify and the way did a few of my cellphone numbers seem on the cardboard? Solely the final two digits of my cellphone numbers had been incorrect as a result of the one who wrote it down made a mistake or due to the state he was in because of the accident,” he mentioned.

Tunji’s nephew, Olusola Arijiogbe, mentioned opposite to claims that the 45-year-old was introduced in lifeless, the investigating police officer in control of the case confirmed the printer was alive when he was rushed to the hospital on Thursday, August 25, 2022.

Arijiogbe mentioned, “The policeman in control of the case mentioned Tunji gave them his identify and my dad’s quantity as some individuals had stolen his two telephones and cash on the scene of the incident. We later received to know from among the good Samaritans that the employees on the hospital didn’t attend to him as a result of they didn’t get the proper contact of his kin.”

The Chief Medical Director of the hospital, Hassan Taiwo, when contacted, mentioned the knowledge was not right, including that he had engaged the relations and confirmed all of them that was carried out for the affected person earlier than he handed after spending 25 minutes.

“You’ll be able to come to the hospital to see the data. The affected person was nicely handled regardless of no relations. The relative got here to the hospital three days after he was dropped at the hospital,” Taiwo added.

The state Police Public Relations Officer, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, couldn’t be reached and had but to answer a textual content message despatched to his cellphone quantity as of press time.

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