Father Of Dog Attacked Son Discharged Son From Hospital Against Advice

According to Vanguard, 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 injury 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 the information 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.

 

Vanguard