LASUTH Records 2 Deaths, Treats 72 Emergency Cases

The Head, Surgical Emergency Unit, Lagos State University Teaching Hospital (LASUTH), Dr. Ibrahim Mustafa said that two patients died out of the 72 patients treated for emergencies during the nationwide strike.

He told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) that 40 of the patients were currently receiving treatment while 21 of them had been discharged.

He said that 12 of those treated for injuries sustained during the strike were referred to other hospitals for further treatment.

“Many of the victims suffered from trauma cases, gunshot wounds, head injuries and cases of multiple stabbing.

“The casualties were mostly protesters brought here from different parts of the state, “ he said.

Mustafa told NAN that the management of LASUTH had placed the Emergency Unit on standby before the strike began because it anticipated such cases and prepared for them.

A medical practitioner at the National Orthopaedic Hospital, Igbobi, Dr. Shopekhai Itakpe, told NAN that no protester was brought in for treatment during the strike.

He said that out-patients were very few during the strike.

“The few cases we treated were those that suffered as a result of one form of domestic accident that affected their bones or muscles,“ he said.