Lagos State government has revealed that 32 out of the 102 passengers that were involved in the train accident that happened last Thursday at PWD Bus Stop along Agege Motor Road had been discharged from the hospital.
The Commissioner for Health, Prof. Akin Abayomi, disclosed this during a press briefing to give update on the incident. According to the commissioner, 19 of the victims admitted at the Lagos 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 were in very stable conditions, disclosing that the accident happened around 7:30am while the Lagos 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 other health sector responders to attend to the victims. He also revealed that from 12 noon last Thursday till 12 noon yesterday, no passenger had died.
The commissioner praised the LASUTH team for its effort in providing care for the victims, saying there were very few hospitals in the world that could 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, disclosing that 256 units of blood samples were collected from those who came forward after the call for blood donation was sent out.
