The Lagos State Governor, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has taken over the medical care of Adebola Abiodun, a 13-year-old boy whose small part of his intestines was allegedly missing at the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital, Ikeja.
The governor made the promise on Sunday when he paid an unscheduled visit to Adebola and his mother, Mrs Deborah Akin-Bright, at the Paediatric Ward, LASUTH.
Sanwo-Olu pledged to take over his medical care by pulling all medical expertise from LASUTH and other resources to save the boy’s life.
Adebola’s mother, Deborah, had in a Save Our Soul message via social media, reached out to Governor Sanwo-Olu to appeal to him, as a matter of urgency, to probe the alleged mysterious disappearance of her 13-year-old son, Adebola’s small intestine.
She claimed the incident occurred while her son was receiving treatment at LASUTH.
But the management of LASUTH in response to the allegations said that they did not wilfully remove any organ or structure from Adebola’s body while performing a corrective surgery, which had been previously operated on at a private hospital in Lagos.
In response to the need to save the life of the boy, who has been undergoing treatment at LASUTH for over a month, Governor Sanwo-Olu during his visit to the hospital on Sunday promised to do everything humanly possible to save Adebola Abiodun’s life.
He said what is paramount is the life of the 13-year-old boy and therefore he will take up the case.
“I’m here and I’ve seen your doctors, and we are going to do everything to make you get well, but I want you to be strong. I want you to be strong. It’s going to be difficult, but I want you to be strong. We are going to do everything we can do to get your strength, to give you back your health and to get you back to school.
“The whole country is looking at you and is looking at us, and it’s our responsibility, God helping us, to make sure that you get well, so don’t give up,” the governor said to the boy while exchanging ‘knuckle greetings’ with him.
