PUNCH Metro gathered that the child, who was rushed to the facility on Saturday, October 8, for blood transfusion, did not get medical attention due to shortage of personnel.
It was learnt that Dominion died while his parent and a good Samaritan attempted to take him from the hospital to a private clinic, which was some kilometres away.
An eyewitness, Ekundayo Ayorinde, said no doctor or nurse was on duty when the child was rushed to the hospital.
According to Ayorinde, medical workers are only available in the morning.
He said, “When we got to the hospital, the entrance of the building was dark. I had to use my phone torchlight to brightenour path. There was no nurse or doctor in the hospital. I and the father of the boy were shouting for nurses, but there was no one to attend to us.
“After some minutes, a worker called a doctor, who said he was on casual leave and he was not around.
“On Sunday, I spoke to a woman who told me that if I wanted to meet a doctor in the hospital, I must go there in the morning because their doctors are never available in the afternoon or night.”
The child’s father, Olawale Akintan, lamented that despite calling for help at the emergency unit of the hospital for minutes, no one attended to the boy.
In tears, he noted that the deceased was his only child and he did not know how to bear the loss.
