The Lagos State House of Assembly, on Friday, September 22, 2023, revealed as part of its findings on the circumstances that led to the disappearance of the late Adebola Akin-Bright’s small intestine, that the Doctor who operated on the deceased is not qualified.
The revelation follows the Speaker of the House, Mudashiru Obasa, during plenary on Thursday, September 21, 2023, directed the Clerk, Olalekan Onafeko, to write to the State Police Command for the arrest of Dr. Abayomi Baiyewu of Obitoks Hospital in the Alimosho area of Lagos.
Adebola di£d on Tuesday, September 19, shortly after the House called on Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu to further assist the patient in seeking treatment abroad.
Noheem Adams, the chairman of the Lagos Assembly ad-hoc committee with the mandate to investigate the circumstances that led to the disappearance of Adebola Akin-Bright’s small intestine, disclosed that during the investigation, “the committee learnt from Dr. Baiyewu that he is not a surgeon but only relied on his experience as a medical doctor.”
He also said Baiyewu, whose testimonies were recorded, told the committee that he did not carry out any medical examination on the boy before the first surgery which he did himself, adding that he only relied on the report from a hospital the patient was first taken to.
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