Colleagues, family members and classmates of Emmanuel Israel, a 100 level Mathematics student of the Plateau State University, wept uncontrollably last week when his remains were laid to rest. The late Israel was among other students who trooped into the streets to protest against the abduction of three of their schoolmates by gunmen at Ndar community, close to the university. Sadly, Israel fell off a moving vehicle as the protest endured. He later died at a hospital.
‘‘He was a hardworking child and wanted to achieve something in life. I felt his parents were not well-to-do. I reckoned that if I allowed him to stay with his parents, they may not be able to cater for his education because of their financial condition. That was why I took him in with me in Jos from that tender age. I just wanted him to progress and be somebody in future to help his parents and others.
He stated, “He told me that students were not happy with the situation and had locked the school and were outside the school protesting against the incident. I cautioned him to stay out of trouble and he assured me that he would do as I said. After about an hour, a call came from his phone and when I picked, it was a different male voice. The male voice told me that Israel had an accident and he was being conveyed to a hospital in Bokkos.
“But you know that regardless of whatever we do, the dead cannot return to life. The person with him told us that Israel would have been saved if he was attended to by the hospital. It is unfortunate that he died at a government hospital under such an avoidable situation. I thought that the issue of a police report before treatment had been resolved. In trying to get a police report, they wasted time which made him lose much blood and he died.
What is the value of human life in Nigeria?
Police report! Police report!! Police report!!! Haven't that being dealt with? How many have to die before we realized that saving life is paramount? It's totally unfair! Our system is failing us
Everything in Nigerian wants you dead, including the doctors and nurses.
Nig is gone
A lot of people have lost their lives to this barbaric act and foolishness of most hospitals. How can u ask for a police report before attending to an emergency case wen u know dat d police system in this country is zero. Is dat not pure wickedness.
Useless county that doesn't have value for human lives
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The mentality by most officials in most hospitals in Nigeria is barbaric! Are these doctors or nurses really educated? Is this how they're taught in their classes of medicine?
The doctor in-charge need to report to the police
Fucked up country
Sue the hospital and report them to the Medical and Dental Council of Nigeria. You don't need a police report to treat anyone in an emergency. Save the life first before anything else comes.
This nation is cursed. I need to runaway. All those working in that hospital will see pains for the death of that boy
I thought there was a law that permits hospitals to treat emergency patients without police report?
We need to discard this barbaric act of requesting for police report in emergency cases. The case may be related to the police while treatment is on! rubbish
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Close the hospital arrest everyone there