Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu has taken over the medical care of Adebola Akin-Bright, a 13-year-old boy, whose small part of his intestines was allegedly missing at the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital (LASUTH), Ikeja.
The governor made the promise on Sunday when he paid an unscheduled visit to Adebola and his mother, Mrs. Deborah Abiodun at the Pediatric Ward of LASUTH.
He pledged to take over his medical care by pulling all medical expertise from LASUTH and other resources to save the boy’s life.
In a Safe-Our-Soul message via social media, Abiodun appealed to the governor to, as a matter of urgency, probe the mysterious disappearance of her son’s small intestine.
She said the incident occurred while her son was receiving treatment at LASUTH.
But the management of LASUTH said it did not wilfully remove any organ or structure from Adebola’s body while performing a corrective surgery. The boy had been previously operated on at a private hospital in Lagos.
“He (Adebola) required extensive optimisation in our facility before a corrective surgery could be carried out. At the surgery, which was carried out by an experienced pediatric surgeon and her team revealed certain strange findings. There is a video clip of these findings. The mother was informed about these findings but she appeared to be in denial”, LASUTH management stated.
During his visit to the hospital on Sunday, in response to the need to save the life of the boy, who has been undergoing treatment at LASUTH for over a month, Sanwo-Olu promised to do everything humanly possible to save Adebola’s life.
After listening to both Adebola’s mother, and the doctor in charge of his case, the governor said that what is paramount is the life of the 13-year-old boy and therefore he would ake up the case.
Responding, Adebola’s mother expressed her appreciation to Sanwo-Olu for the visit and for taking up the medical care of her promising young boy.
