A PATIENT at the University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital in Kwara State, Olusola Olagunju, has reportedly died following an industrial action by health workers in the Teaching Hospital over an assault on one of them on duty.

Channels Television reported that the patient who had been on life support died after the aggrieved workers switched off the oxygen on Tuesday.

A friend of the deceased, Ezekiel Adewole, said that the patient died before he was evacuated to another hospital for medical attention.

“He was using the support of oxygen. On Tuesday, we heard that the UITH went on strike. On that fateful day, they switched off their light.

“This guy was living on oxygen, electric oxygen. Immediately they switched off their light, he could not use the oxygen any longer and that was how his system collapsed,” Adewole said.

“He was referred to UITH, Ilorin for treatment. He has been undergoing this treatment for a while. He had difficulty in breathing, that is the only issue he had.”

READ MORE: https://www.icirnigeria.org/patient-dies-after-striking-workers-switched-off-ventilator-in-kwara/

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