A Nigerian man, identified as Timi, has taken to his social media page to give a narration of how Lagos hospitals refused to treat an accident victim who was clearly in pain and in need of urgent medical attention.
The good Samaritan who helped an accident victim has raised alarm after three hospitals rejected the victim.
He said he was on his way home from work late last night when he saw a man laying on the road, bleeding.
According to him, those present had called emergency services multiple times but nothing had been done. He added that he took the victim in his car and asked the police officers who were at the scene to accompany him to the hospital.
He visited 3 hospitals and he said all 3 refused to take the victim in. He added that the third hospital claimed they had no bed space and the police officers got angry and asked hospital staff to treat the injured man there in the car. However, the staff refused. At wits’ end, the Good Samaritan said he left the injured man in the hospital premises and made to leave but the hospital ordered security to lock the gate and refuse to let him leave unless he leaves with the injured man.
He wrote,
“I was coming back from a shoot at Ikeja last night at about 11pm around Onipanu when I saw this man on the road laying with blood all over him… I was told he had an accident and that they’ve been calling emergency line for the past 1hr plus and that person picking up calls kept on telling them the ambulance is coming but up till the time I came the ambulance still hasn’t arrive. I saw some police officers there so asked if I can help the victim the police said yes and even followed us to the hospital.
We got to the first government hospital at Shomolu, the doctor just came out and looked at him and said they can’t treat him ooo we should take him else where…. We even begged for a first Aid treatment but they refused. We drove him with the police officers to LASUTH ( a Lagos state teaching hospital) those one made a little attempt… asked me to go get drip and some drugs which I did and paid for… after a while they came back and said there’s no available bed and they can’t admit him there! The doc gave me a letter to give to the doctor at LUTH “FEDERAL HOSPITAL” and we got there at about 1am at night and the doctor came out examined him a little and also said there’s no bed we should take him else where
… at this point I got frustrated even the police officers got very furious and even told the doctor to commence treatment inside my car but the doctor said and “I QUOTE: THE LAW HERE STATE THAT NO PATIENT SHOULD BE ATTENDED TO IF HE IS NOT IN BED” so she can’t do anything.
I got frustrated and brought the guy out of my car Dropped him at their gate because I was scared if the guy d*es in my car, the story will change and I don’t want to go to jail trying to help. These people told their security to lock the gate for us not to go out.
To cut long story short, I am still at the hospital till now as I’m posting this… these wicked souls has refused to attend to this guy…they’ve left him to his own fate and putting my own life in danger … please Nigerians should help because I am really frustrated already. I have a lot to do today but…”
A video of the injured man has been shared on Instagram. Actress Kehinde Bankole reshared and called on the Lagos State Government to act fast.
