Contrary to the viral claim that the intestine of a 12-year-old boy admitted to Lagos State Teaching Hospital was missing, a Nigeria-based doctor, Richard Okoye, has said it is impossible for his intestine to be missing.
Okoye, who is the President, Doctors SaveALife Foundation, made this claim in a video while explaining the possible things that might happened to the boy who was said to have been operated on for the appendix.
In a recent viral video on social media, a mother voiced her frustrations and alleged that the intestines of her son went missing after an operation in a private hospital in Lagos, even as a professor in Lasuth was said to have confirmed the missing intestine.
Dr Okoye who is on vacation abroad expressed shock at such news coming out from Nigeria’s health care as well as the detrimental effects of such on people’s responses towards seeking professional attention in hospitals.
He further expressed his sympathy towards the condition of the mum and her son and donated one million naira to show support.
However, he maintained that the issue of alleged stealing of intestines should not be swept under the carpet as in clear terms he revealed the most probable and professional events that took place.
“Nobody can do an intestine implant for a few hours. It will decay. The boy might have had a leaking intestine which has primarily affected his body system and caused some of the parts that were formerly operated on to decay,” he said in the video.
Meanwhile, the Lagos State governor, Babajide Saneo-Olu has waged into the matter after several backlashes from people.
In a Twitter post, his senior special assistant on media, Jubril Gawat, said Sanwo-Olu assured that everything would be done to save the boy.
“Governor of Lagos State, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu today paid a surprise visit to the Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LASUTH), Ikeja, to see the 12-year old Master Adebola, whose mum made a video about her son that was posted from a private medical facility to the State’s tertiary facility about an ‘intestine’ issue,” Gawat wrote.
