Mrs. Ajoke Oloyede, who lost one of her daughters in the crash, was weeping profusely as she spoke with Daily Sun. According to her, many of the pupils’ lives would have been saved but for the absence of adequate medical equipment and staff at the General Hospital, Ore.
The woman’s daughter, Fatimah, was one of those rescued from the scene of the auto crash. Her distraught mother regretted that she watched sadly as her daughter languished in extreme pains before eventually dying at the General Hospital, saying the victims were not given good medical attention.
...“The General Hospital at Ore is a glorified health centre with no basic equipment. For over three hours, I watched my daughter in pains, dying slowly.There are some things that define us; And our hopelessness as a people.
“It is not funny that only one doctor called Kazeem was on hand to attend to the accident victims. So tell me, what could one single medical doctor have done in the midst of thirty victims languishing in pains?”
Nowhere are these things magnified than in how we treat ourselves - faced with common doom.Death.
And it gets worse. Our children.
To borrow Nelson's Mandela's wisdom :
"There can be no keener revelation of a society's soul than the way in which it treats its children"There is not much to be said.
When you read of the many billions and billions the government - or its caricature, let's be frank - of Nigeria, has wasted in the last few months, and turn around to totally heart-wrenching account of tragedies as reported here the stark reality of Nigeria hits your hard.
Nigeria is officially the globe's biggest jungle. Its depressing.
....cries....
