NMA Auto Crash Survivor Blames Lack Of Speedy Medical Attention For Death Of His Colleagues!

One of the six Nigerian doctors in the Sokoto bound bus who survived the accident that claimed the lives of six Ekiti State medical doctors and the driver on Sunday, April 24, at Doka, has blamed lack of speedy medical administration, as responsible for the death of his colleagues.

The survivor claimed some of those who lost their lives would have survived if they got good medical attention from the point of the accident, to when they were taken to Doka General Hospital in Kaduna northernwest Nigeria.

According to him, the situation became worst, when they got to Doka Hospital and there was no doctor around to attend to the victims, while the only nurse on duty had no first aid facilities to administer treatment.

To substantiate his claim, the survivor said he was certain  if the FRSC personnel that took them to the hospital and the nurse on duty had medical facilities to give first aid treatment, the situation would have been saved.

The survivor, John Akinbote, NMA's Ekiti state branch Charmin, disclosed this to the press on Monday, April 25, at St. Gerard Hospital, where he and five other NMA members are receiving treatment. 

Meanwhile the Kaduna State Sector Command of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), on Tuesday, April 26, blamed the cause of accident on speeding. 

Speaking through its Head of Operations, Deputy Corps Commander, Salisu Galadunci, the FRSC in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Kaduna, FRSC stated “The vehicle overturned with the occupants . Six of the doctors died alongside the driver of the vehicle while six others survived with various degrees of injuries.

“Bodies of the victim were evacuated to St. Gerard Hospital for depositing and medical attention.”

Another survivor of the crash, identified as Stephen Ayosanmi, said the driver forcefully applied the brakes when the tyre blew out, a move which made the bus somersault.

Names of those who lost their lives in the auto crash have been published as:

Alex Akinyele

Tunde Adesanmi

O.J. Taiwo

J.B. Ogunseye

O. Olajide

Atolani Adeniyi

Mr. Ajibola, the bus driver.

The bus which conveyed twelve medical doctors from their base in Ekiti state western Nigeria, to Sokoto, north-west Nigeria, for the Nigeria Medical Association (NMA)’s annual conference somersaulted at Doka, about 60 kilometers from Kaduna state, along Abuja –Kaduna express way on Sunday, April 24, 2016. Six doctors and the driver lost their lives, while six doctors are currently receiving treatment at the hospital.