‘My dad brought me here from Igbobi’

Gbenga Alade, probably in his mid 30s, had an accident in March this year. According to him, up to five bags of cement fell on his right leg. “By the time people around helped me remove the bags, I noticed that I my leg had bent to one side and it was too heavy. There were also bruises on the leg.” He said.

Continuing, he added, “When I was brought here, they first called a nurse to stitch the wound, then they now set the bone and tied it.  The injuries were first treated, when they had healed, they now began to apply herbs to help the bone heal from inside.”

About the pain, Alade said the pain is usually more at night, because according to him that’s when the body is all relaxed and the herbs tend to work more then.

Having been in the hospital since the 9th of March, Alade is already as fit as a fiddle and he can already move around with very minimal assistance. Asked why he hasn’t gone home, he said, “I have not  been discharged. Besides, my doctor told me I’ll stay for three and a half months. It’s not up to three months yet. I will wait till my doctor discharges me, because if I discharge myself, I’ll be responsible for anything that happens to me.”

Abulamid Fatai

Fatai was admitted in the hospital after he was knocked over by a car sometime in February. Like Alade, he also sustained a lot of injuries, but he wasn’t as fortunate as Alade because his thigh was affected; and according to Fiafade, thigh fractures often take a long time to heal  than ankle, tibia and fibula or ankle fractures. So, even though Fatai has been in the hospital longer than Alade, he only just started doing his exercise, using two crutches.

Fatai is however optimistic that he’ll get better, considering the level of improvement he feels in his body. “Since February that I came here, the leg has improved a lot. All the injuries I sustained have been treated and the bone has been set. In fact, I have started my exercises.

Fatai Adebowale

He was admitted in Lucky Fabor bone specialist hospital on March 26th after being hit by a motorist. He narrowly escaped death but came away with serious injuries and a fractured thigh. He hasn’t began his exercise yet, but he feels a lot better already. He said he has been given drugs and injections to take care of the pain and help the bone to heal from within.

Rita Amadi

A part time student of Yaba College of Technology, Amadi sustained some injuries and had her ankle fractured when she was hit by a motorcycle in her school. “It happened at about 10:00 pm and the school authorities rushed me to Igbobi. My father decided to bring me here two days after.”

Amadi has been in the hospital for about three months and a week. “When I came here I couldn’t move this leg, but now I can move around the hospital without a stick.”

Olabode Ogunrinola

Ogunrinola who works with CCECC sustained severe injuries and a fracture on his tibia and fibula in September 2016 while working on a site at Berger. He fell from a height, he said. Having sustained the injury in the line of duty, Ogunrinola said the company has been taking good care of him; “They paid the hospital bill and are still paying my salary to date. I wish to return to work tomorrow if possible, but that decision is for my doctor. But I have started exercising to make the leg stronger.“ He even went fishing and showed the reporter his catch.