The General Hospital in Orile-Agege, Lagos state was at the weekend, reportedly invaded by hoodlums with dangerous weapons, attacking and stabbing both staff and patients.
According to Leadership, the
thugs who carted away valuables belonging to patients such as money and handsets, were said to have invaded the engineering department of the hospital and the drivers’ office at about 11pm on Sunday.
An unnamed nurse who spoke on the condition of anonymity, recalled the incident saying, “A boy was rushed to the hospital after he allegedly engaged in a fight with another fellow and doctors in the hospital had made attempts to save his life.
It was revealed that it took a while before security operatives could move in to arrest the situation and stop the rampaging hoodlums from further destruction, however, the doctor who treated the man was said to have ran to the children’s ward to hide from the hoodlums and after the incident, he could hardly attend to any other patient.