The father
of the four-year-old victim of dog attack in Lagos, Mr Odia Abraham, has
explained why he took away his child from the Lagos State University
Teaching Hospital (LASUTH).
While presenting 2015 budget estimates to the state House of Assembly, Governor Babatunde Fashola had announced that his administration had approved an overseas treatment for the boy, said Omonigho Abraham. But Abraham told our correspondent yesterday that Omonigho had been flown to India for treatment.
He said that the trip was sponsored by a Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO) and the Delta State Government. Abraham added that he was not at any time informed of the Lagos State Government’s offer to treat the boy abroad.
But the Commissioner for Health, Dr Jide Idris, said that the boy was discharged against medical advice by his father from the Burns & Plastics Unit of LASUTH.
Idris said arrangement had earlier been concluded to fly the boy to Rak Hospital in Dubai, UAE for surgery, following Fashola’s order. The commissioner spoke yesterday while reviewing report of the plastic surgery specialists at LASUTH who attended to Omonigho.
He said Abraham took illadvised step and chose to take his son out of the hands of the plastic surgery specialists at LASUTH on November 28 against medical advice. According to the commissioner, Abraham was told that healthy granulation tissue growing on his son’s skull must not be interrupted.
While presenting 2015 budget estimates to the state House of Assembly, Governor Babatunde Fashola had announced that his administration had approved an overseas treatment for the boy, said Omonigho Abraham. But Abraham told our correspondent yesterday that Omonigho had been flown to India for treatment.
He said that the trip was sponsored by a Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO) and the Delta State Government. Abraham added that he was not at any time informed of the Lagos State Government’s offer to treat the boy abroad.
But the Commissioner for Health, Dr Jide Idris, said that the boy was discharged against medical advice by his father from the Burns & Plastics Unit of LASUTH.
Idris said arrangement had earlier been concluded to fly the boy to Rak Hospital in Dubai, UAE for surgery, following Fashola’s order. The commissioner spoke yesterday while reviewing report of the plastic surgery specialists at LASUTH who attended to Omonigho.
He said Abraham took illadvised step and chose to take his son out of the hands of the plastic surgery specialists at LASUTH on November 28 against medical advice. According to the commissioner, Abraham was told that healthy granulation tissue growing on his son’s skull must not be interrupted.
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