Nigerians react to update on Sylvester Oromoni’s case

“I, Dr Owhojedo Aghogho Henry, Male, Christian, Nigeria Citizen hereby make an oath and state as follows:

That I’m the Medical Director of Vicah Clinic/Hospital at No. 6, Maduku Avenue Warri, Delta State.

I graduated from the School of Well being Sciences, College of Port Harcourt, Rivers State. I even have a grasp’s diploma in Public Well being in Obafemi Awolowo College, Ile-Ife, Osun State.

On 26/11/2021, the daddy of the deceased known as and knowledgeable me that the late Sylvester Oromoni Jnr. was sick and had simply been introduced again from Lagos.

The deceased’s father knowledgeable me that Dowen School informed them that the illness of the boy was a results of accidents he sustained on his leg whereas enjoying soccer within the faculty.

The daddy, subsequently, requested me if I had a vacant non-public ward to allow them to take care of him comfortably as mother and father as he couldn’t attend to himself with out the assist of one other particular person.

I replied the daddy that there was no vacant non-public ward therefore he grew to become our outside affected person.

On that very same 26/11/2021 for the reason that boy’s physique temperature was very excessive because it learn 38.7oc and he was in ache, I took blood samples and did a check for full blood depend, random blood sugar and typhoid fever.

That the consequence confirmed that he had malaria fever and we handled him for malaria fever from 26/11/2021 to twenty-eight/11/2021 with a nurse in attendance. The scientific notes in respect of the therapy Sylvester Oromoni Jnr. can be found.

Moreover, the check that was carried out that day, I examined him to search out out if there was any fracture or dislocation for the reason that mother and father informed me they had been knowledgeable by the college that he sustained accidents whereas enjoying soccer and there was no such proof of fracture or dislocation of the higher or decrease limbs.

That I equally observed the redness of the higher a part of the lips i.e redness of the buccal cavity which is the mouth, which will not be because of malaria fever.

That when the physique temperature grew to become regular, the pains had been unrelenting, I referred them to St. Louis Diagnostics for scan and x-ray on 29/11/2021.

The results of the X-ray and scan which obtained to me late on 29/11/2021 revealed that the deceased had enlarged liver. The X-ray and scan report from St. Louis Diagnostics can be found.

Enlarged liver might be brought on by coronary heart failure, trauma (overwhelmed), sickle cell illness, ingestion of a dangerous or poisonous substance, sepsis and generally extreme malaria.

On the identical 29/11/2021, the deceased father had earlier known as me to say that the deceased confessed that he was overwhelmed up, tortured and given an unknown liquid substance to drink by 5 college students of Dowen School.

And after I obtained to the home of the deceased on 29/11/2021, the mom equally confirmed similar to me. On that very same 29/11/2021 which was within the night time, primarily based on the mentioned confession and scan report I made a decision to refer them to Delta State College Instructing Hospital, Oghara, regardless that I initially taught of Lily Clinic as a result of Ogham Instructing Hospital has higher services.

On the 30/11/2021, I took the referral observe to the home the place the deceased was and took blood samples once more to reconfirm his genotype whereas awaiting the ambulance to take him to Oghara.

Shortly after I returned to the hospital, the deceased was rushed right down to the hospital and I did CPR i.e Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation and oxygen was administered however he was later confirmed lifeless.

I do solemnly declare that I make this solemn declaration carefully believing similar to be true and in accordance with the provisions of the Oaths Legal guidelines of Lagos State.”