The Lagos State University Teaching Hospital has said there are still 43 victims of the train-bus accident on admission within its hospitals.
On Thursday, LASUTH had announced that it had treated 102 PWD train-bus crash victims.
A Lagos State Government staff bus with the registration number 04A- 48LA was crushed by a moving train at PWD, in the Ikeja neighborhood of Lagos, according to a tweet posted on Thursday morning by Adebayo Taofiq, Director, Public Affairs and Enlightenment Department, of the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority.
He said, “The accident recorded many casualties as the staff bus was fully loaded with govt staff going to the office this morning.”
A statement signed by the Ministry of Health and titled, ‘Updates on the Bus/Train Accident in Lagos as of Sunday, March 12, 2023,’ explained that 53 victims had been discharged.
“A total number of patients/passengers discharged as of Sunday, March 12, 2022, is 53, and the total number of patients on admission as of today is 43.
“LASUTH has 39, General Hospital Odan-Lagos has two, and General Hospital, Gbagada has two.”
The statement also gave an analysis of the distribution of the passengers to some of its hospitals across Lagos after the triage, saying, “Break down of location after triage from the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital had 71, GH, Lagos has four victims, GH, Orile-Agege had 10, GH, Gbagada had six and Tollgate Trauma Centre had five of the victims.”
Furthermore, of the six deaths it recorded, two occurred at the site of the accident and four at LASUTH during resuscitation.