Mr. Odia Abraham, father of Master Omonigho Abraham, the
four-year-old boy, who sustained extensive injuries following attack by dogs in
Igando area of Lagos State, discharged his son from the hospital against
medical advice.The boy suffered a life-threatening injuries in the attack by
two Alsatian dogs in the compound of their rented apartment at 35, Adegboyega
Street, Akesan, Igando area of Lagos State on September 29.His father removed
his son from the Burns and Plastics unit of the Lagos State University Teaching
Hospital, LASUTH, where he was receiving specialist care.Commissioner for
Health, Dr. Jide Idris, who disclosed this yesterday, while reviewing report of
the specialists that attended to Omonigho at LASUTH, said the boy’s father took
an ill-advised step and chose to take his son out of the hands of the plastic
surgery specialists in LASUTH on November 28, against medical advice that
healthy granulation tissue growing on his son’s skull must not be interrupted.He
said all attempts to talk to Mr. Abraham against taking the step were rebuffed
and that he signed the necessary papers.Idris said the attention of Lagos State
Government, particularly Governor Babatunde Fashola, was drawn to Omonigho’s
case, who was initially rushed to the Igando General Hospital, where he was
stabilized by the medical team at the Accidents and Emergency ward of the
hospital.The commissioner added that Omonigho was thereafter, referred to the
Burns and Plastics unit of LASUTH, where specialists in the department assessed
him and promptly began to manage the life threatening avulsion injuries on his
scalp, which left most of his skull exposed.
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