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| Irawo Adamolekun |
Dr.Irawo Adamolekun, who was shot dead
in traffic at the Anthony end of Ikorodu Road, Lagos on Friday, bought
soft drinks and snacks for his patients before leaving the hospital
where he worked, PUNCH Metro learnt on Tuesday.
One of the nurses at Osuntuyi Medical
Centre, Obanikoro where Adamolekun worked spoke with our correspondent
on the condition of anonymity about the doctor’s gesture on the day he
was killed.
The nurse said 27-year-old Adamolekun
was a “kind hearted young man” who endeared himself to all for the five
days he worked at the hospital.
She said, “Both of us were on duty on
that fateful day (January 11) and he attended to general out-patients,
including hypertensive and diabetic patients.
“When he finished work that day, he went
out and bought a bottle of soft drink and meat pie. As he was eating,
the patients at the arrival room of the hospital jokingly told him that
‘doctor is the only one enjoying.’”
“As soon as he heard this, he dropped money and asked a non-medical employee to buy the patients soft drinks and snacks.
“Some minutes after he left the
hospital, one of the patients he treated two days earlier called us that
he spotted his car along Ikorodu Road and that he suspected that he had
an accident.
“On getting there with an ambulance, we learnt of the unfortunate incident.”
When our correspondent visited the hospital, his obituary was pasted on notice boards and walls on the premises.
PUNCH Metro learnt that policemen
attached to the Shomolu Division handling the case visited the hospital
on Tuesday and searched through the case notes of all the patients he
treated to ascertain if any patient died under his care to warrant being
attacked.
The Chief Medical Director of the
hospital, Julius Osuntuyi, debunked the speculations that the hospital
was not co-operating with the police.
He said, “It’s not true that we are not
cooperating with the police. In fact, I have been to the police station
twice since the incident. Today, (Tuesday) I went there to make a formal
statement.
“We even gave the police access to some
of our medical records that they demanded concerning Adamolekun’s work.
We will give them the fullest cooperation to the best of our ability to
unravel the mystery behind his death.”
Adamolekun, an Ondo State indigene, was
killed by a gunman operating on a motorcycle in traffic while driving in
his black Sephia II Kia car.
PUNCH
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