THE state government, today revealed that 32 persons have been discharged from the 102 passengers that were involved in the train accident that happened yesterday at PWD Bus stop area of the state.
The Commissioner for Health, Professor Akin Abayomo, disclosed this on Friday during a press briefing to give update on the incident.
According to the commissioner, 19 of the victims admitted at the State University Teaching University (LASUTH), five of those admitted at the State Emergency Centre at Tollgate and eight of those admitted at Orile-Agege General Hospital had been discharged.
Abayomi further said that all others still on admission are in very stable condition, disclosing that the accident happened around 7:30am while State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA) arrived the scene 7:45am, just as the injured passengers arrived LASUTH at 8:30am.
He said that LASEMA did a wonderful job in separating the bus from the train, to give room for the other health sector responders to attend to the victims, revealing that from 12 noon on Thursday when the accident occured till 12 noon of Friday, no new death has been recorded apart from the earlier six cases.
The commissioner praised the LASUTH team for its effort in providing care for the victims because there are very few hospitals in the world that can cope with a sudden emergency and attend to the patients brought in adequately.
Abayomi also applauded Lagos residents for donating blood voluntarily to the state blood bank, as 256 units of blood samples were collected from those who came forward after the call for blood donation was sent out.
He added that 40 units of blood transfusion had been used for the victims’ so far.
He also said that to ensure that the victims were adequately attended to, the victims were distributed to some hospitals outside LASUTH.
He listed other hospitals that attended to the victims aside LASUTH to include Gbagada General Hospital, Island General Hospital, Orile Agege General Hospital and Emergency Centre at Lagos Tollgate.
