How Nigerian scholar died days to ultimate exams

The tragic loss of life of a 500 degree scholar of the Federal College of Know-how, Akure (FUTA) has been blamed on the poor situation of services on the college’s well being centre.

Ayomide Akeredolu was taken to the well being clinic on Thursday night time by his colleagues after he slumped in his room.

Whereas the college’s authorities stated he was already useless when he arrived on the well being centre, college students insisted that he was in coma however couldn’t be revived because of the poor situation of the well being facility.

The scholars on Friday staged a peaceable protest to specific their anger over the reported poor situation of well being services within the faculty and what they thought-about Mr Akeredolu’s avoidable loss of life.

The protest led to a gridlock of autos on the Akure-Ilesa expressway for a number of hours.

One of many protesters recounted their efforts to avoid wasting the lifetime of Mr Akeredolu on the hospital.

“The coed slumped in his hostel (Akindeko Corridor of Residence) and was rushed to the College Well being Centre,” the protester who declined to offer his title stated.

“Because of the lack of fundamental facilities, he misplaced his life on the college clinic.

“We rushed the man to the well being centre round 8:30 p.m. After we bought there, there was energy outage, and all through the method of giving him oxygen, CPR and injections the sunshine wasn’t restored. We had to make use of our flashlights. Onerous to imagine that there’s no again up energy provide within the clinic.”

He stated the well being centre had refused to attend to a different sick scholar on Thursday who’s the Voice President of the FUTA Scholar Union as a result of he was not together with his id card.

The well being officers, he stated, refused to take care of him despite the fact that the stated scholar was in a crucial situation.

“The scholars are expressing their displeasure with a peaceable demonstration and calls on the federal government to return to their support as there was collection of comparable incidents up to now and demonstrations ended with unfulfilled guarantees,” the protesting college students stated.

Reacting to the event, the college’s administration admitted that its well being centres face challenges and promised to repair them.

“From experiences pieced collectively, Ayomide Akeredolu slumped in his hostel and all makes an attempt and medical intervention at resuscitation even on the Well being Centre failed with the docs recording that he was introduced in useless,” a press release by the establishment’s spokesperson, Adegbenro Adebanjo, stated.

“The coed was rushed to the Well being Centre at about 8:50 p.m. on Thursday twenty fourth August, 2023. He was introduced in useless. Efforts to resuscitate him by way of cardiopulmonary resuscitation and oxygen remedy proved abortive. He was subsequently taken to the UNIMED Instructing Hospital, Akure by the medical personnel on responsibility contained in the College ambulance.”

He stated it was comprehensible that Mr Akeredolu’s buddies and colleagues had been devastated by the unhappy improvement.

“The administration joins them to mourn at this very troublesome time. Our ideas and prayers are with our college students and the bereaved household,” he stated.

“Could the Good Lord grant his soul everlasting repose and provides the household and buddies the fortitude to bear the irreparable loss.

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“Nonetheless attributable to some perceived misgivings about providers on the College Well being Centre, college students launched into a protest on Friday August 25, 2023.

“You will need to level out that the protest was circuitously associated to the loss of life of the coed.

“The representatives of the scholars, at a gathering with administration known as on the behest of the Vice Chancellor, identified some lacuna within the strategy of accessing providers on the well being centre .

“The administration in the midst of the assembly directed that fast remedial measures be taken to handle the lacuna and different points raised by the scholars.

“The corrective measures can be reviewed once in a while to make sure that they’re being applied to the letter and satisfaction of the scholars .

“Once more we commiserate with the household of our beloved scholar and pray for consolation from the Lord.”

Mr Akeredolu was within the division of amount surveying and was to start his ultimate exams subsequent Monday.