BREAKING: College students protest over colleagues loss of life, poor well being companies

The scholars of the Federal College of Agriculture, Abeokuta, on Thursday protested the loss of life of their colleague, Ifeoluwa Ayodele.

The scholars have been additionally protesting what they described because the poor healthcare companies within the faculty’s medical centre they alleged triggered the coed’s loss of life.…CONTINUE READING

The Punch in a report gathered that the deceased pupil, a 100-level pupil of Agricultural Economics and Farm Administration, who was allegedly affected by bronchial asthma, was rushed to the well being centre on Wednesday for remedy however died within the consulting room.

Whereas the circumstances surrounding Ayodele’s loss of life should not ascertained, the offended college students stormed the campus gate on Thursday of their numbers for an illustration over the state of the college’s medical centre.

In accordance with a pupil, who spoke on the situation of anonymity, the deceased’s remedy was delayed by the well being officers on obligation as a result of he couldn’t present an id card.

The coed stated this was a part of the the reason why the protest was staged, to advocate a greater and restructured healthcare system on campus.

“The workers members’ negligence is irritating. They might not attend to you as quick as they need to. The boy received there round 1 p.m.; they delayed him till 6:50 pm and he was proclaimed lifeless round 10 pm. It was as a result of he didn’t take his ID card alongside, so they didn’t attend to him quick. What we’re advocating is change.

“This makes it the third related incidence in three months on account of their negligence and poor service supply,” the coed stated.

When contacted, the college’s College students’ Union President, Meshack Nwankwo, on Thursday, stated the protest was primarily concerning the poor service of the well being centre and disclosed that his assertion was based mostly on the accounts of eyewitnesses and those that rushed the deceased to the hospital.

“Most of what we protested towards was the poor service of the clinic. We simply need a change. Ayodele was unconscious when he was taken to the medical centre and after they checked his pulse, they found that he had died.
“The protest was just for the well being centre to be standardised and their companies to be improved. I cannot say the boy died resulting from negligence from the medical centre, however in line with the one that took him there, the three nurses who have been on obligation attended to him. They later came upon that he was lifeless,” Nwankwo stated.

The Vice Chancellor, Olusola Kehinde, whereas addressing the protesters, revealed that he got here again from the well being centre with a verifiable account.

Kehinde stated the deceased was introduced in lifeless, and the workers members tried to resuscitate him, however their efforts have been abortive.

“His pals received to the well being centre and after they noticed the affected person gasping for breath, they put a spoon in his mouth and poured water on him. Once they took his corpse to the FMC, they advised them that they need to not have poured water on him.

“They introduced him to the hospital, there have been two nurses, a health care provider, and the individuals there introduced him into the physician’s consulting room. I spoke to the matron and physician this morning, they usually stated that they checked his pulse and located that there was no pulse; they checked his heartbeat, and there was no beat. The attention was already dilated, and instantly the physician advised the nurse that this was lifeless on arrival.”

The VC stated the physician advised the nurse to not inform those that introduced him due to shock, so that they have been advised to get a card noting that after they left, they locked the consulting room door and tried to resuscitate the boy, but it surely was to no avail..…CONTINUE READING