Mr. Olorunwa Jero, a father-of-six and survivor of the Ode Irele methanol poisoning yesterday, recounted his near-death experience.

The vulcaniser, narrated:

“By the time I was brought here, I had gone blind. I could not identify my wife, I could not identify anything. I did not even know when I arrived here.

But I thank God and the management and staff of University College Hospital, UCH, for bailing me out. I can see all of you here clearly. I can even identify the clothes each one of you is putting on.”

He expressed gratitude to the teaching hospital for its timely medical intervention which he said saved his life.

Meantime, UCH management, yesterday, confirmed that five victims of Ode-Irele methanol poisoning were responding to treatment.

The victims were said to have taken the methanol while consuming a local gin.

Confirming that the toxin was detected in the blood and urine of the victims, Professor Temitope Alonge, Chief Medical Director, UCH, said the five victims were transferred to the teaching hospital on April 18 adding that they had regained their lost sight as a result of taking the chemical.

Alonge, who said this while speaking with newsmen in Ibadan, warned people to be wary of taking local gin so as to avoid s similar unpleasant experience.

According to the CMD, series of tests were carried out on the victims and the samples of the three drinks they took.

The medical practitioner said: “On April 18, the Consultant Pathologist with the Ondo State Ministry of Health, Dr. Osasan, called to seek the assistance of the University College Hospital, Ibadan, in the management of five patients who survived the Ode-Irele neuro-toxicity saga who were completely blind.

‘’We agreed to take over the management of the patients but requested for the samples of the local gin that were incriminated along the fresh blood and urine samples of the patients.

‘’I contacted the consultant neurologist on call, Dr. Steeve Oluwole for a comprehensive evaluation of the patients because of the clinical presentation of the patients that had died and the ones that survived since they all pointed to neurotoxicity.

‘’In addition, the clinical pharmacologists led by Professor Catherine Falade, the laboratory scientists and specialists advisers to the hospital, Professor Segun Ademowo, were all contacted for the biochemical analyses of the blood of these patients as well as the urine in addition to the three samples of local gin that was reportedly consumed by the patients.

He added that all the relevant health personnel worked for almost two weeks before they detected the likely cause of the neurotoxicity exemplified by sudden blindness and correlated their findings with the toxicants in the blood, urine and the local gin samples.


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fgd

Eh

Ure nt alone

Methanol. He's lucky to still be alive with his vision restored. I guess he didn't take a lethal dose like the other unfortunate ones did.

Happy for him

GogetterMD:
Methanol. He's lucky to still be alive with his vision restored. I guess he didn't take a lethal dose like the other unfortunate ones did.

Guess he took just one shot of ogogoro while others took full bottl...

Ogogoro is not good for your health

Lacomus:
Ogogoro is not good for your health

Does anyone have to be told?

lolaxavier:


Does anyone have to be told?

When you visit any joint that retails it, you will be amazed at wht idleness has done to our youth.

Yimu

So it was poisoning all along

Ariyke:
So it was poisoning all along

Abi ooo....