Lagos Bus, Train Accident: 53 Patients Discharged

Lagos State Governor, babjide Sanwo-Olu has confirmed that 53 patients that were hospitalised after the bus/train accident in Lagos have now been discharged after receiving free and quality healthcare from different state medical facilities across Lagos.

Governor Sanwo-Olu this in an update about the accident on Sunday.

Prof. Akin Abayomi, the state Commissioner for Health, also in a separate messagge disclosed that fatality figure from the accident remains six which include two at the site of accident and four at LASUTH during resuscitation.

Recall that Lagos State Government staff bus carrying civil servants from Isolo to Alausa had a collision with a train at PWD Bus-Stop, along Agege Motor Road.

There were 85 passengers on board the bus and 17 persons associated with the accident, making 102 persons involved in the accident.

The victims of the accident which happened at 7.30 a.m. on March 9 were taken to LASUTH for treatment.

Survivors with varying degrees of injuries and life threatening conditions were admitted and treated at LASUTH.

Also, 25 patients with moderate injuries were later referred to four general hospitals in Lagos for further treatment and to decongest LASUTH.