…Lawmakers call for immediate arrest of doctor who performed the initial surgery
The Lagos State House of Assembly has called on Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu to release funds for the overseas treatment of Adebola Akin-Bright, whose intestines went missing in the process of surgery.
Speaker of the House, Mudashiru Obasa, while presiding over plenary on Tuesday, moved that Master Akin-Bright needed urgent treatment abroad.
The House also called for the immediate arrest of the doctor of the private hospital, Obitoks Medical Centre in the Alimosho area of the state, who performed the initial surgery that led to the missing small intestine while investigations continue.
The Speaker’s position followed a preliminary report by the Majority Leader, Noheem Adams, who briefed the House on the findings of a five-man ad-hoc committee set up to investigate the circumstances that led to the disappearance of the boy’s intestine.
Giving the preliminary report, Adams said members of the ad-hoc committee visited the boy at the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital (LASUTH) on Tuesday.
Adams, who chairs the committee, said the full report would soon be presented, adding that some shocking discoveries were made in the course of its investigations.
He said, “We made some shocking discoveries in the course of our investigation. The incident is very unusual, but we want the boy to survive and we know Mr. Speaker is very interested in his survival too.
“We went to LASUTH on the directives of the Speaker, Rt. Hon Mudashiru Obasa, to find out the health status of Adebola Akin-Bright. The hospital told us that Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu had taken care of the bill for his treatment at LASUTH.”
Adams, however, said they were told by the hospital that Akin-Bright needed to be transferred urgently to either the United States of America or the United Kingdom for an intestine transplant and that communications were ongoing with hospitals in the two countries.
In his contribution, another member of the committee, Temitope Adewale, said the patient’s health was deteriorating and that urgent steps needed to be taken.
“He is now given GMO nutrients and there is an urgent need to take him abroad. Mr. Speaker, you have given this boy the opportunity to survive by setting up the committee,” he said.
