A Medical Doctor working with Dowen College, Mojisola Bisiriyu has narrated to Coroner’s Court that a 12-year-old student of the college, Sylvester Oromoni Junior has no medical history.

Dr Bisiriyu disclosed this before Magistrate Mikhail Kadiri in an ongoing inquest to unravel the cause of the death of Oromoni Junior.

The school’s lawyer, Mr Anthony Kpokpo led her in Evidence-in-Chief and tendered her statement on oath before she was cross-examined.

While she was being cross-examined by the Oromoni family lawyer, Mr Femi Falana, SAN, the school’s doctor explained that she was in charge of the school’s sickbay.

She explained that the deceased came limping to complain of pain in his right thigh and that the boy was not taken to the partner hospital, Lifeline Children Hospital, Lekki.

“The deceased has no leg injury. I asked the nurse to massage his right thigh. He did not complain about the leg. I handed him over to the resident nurse, Omobola Kayode. The massage improves his condition.”

“I am very aware that he was in school till November 23, 2021. On November 21, I ordered the nurse to massage him. I am not on duty on November 23. When I saw him (the deceased), he was still in pain, waiting for his guardian to come and pick him up.”

According to the school doctor, she only referred emergency cases to the hospital, pointing out that the case of the deceased did not merit taking him to the hospital.

“As a school policy, every parent must be told before taking their child to the hospital, especially in the COVID-19 period, parent don’t want their child to be taken to any hospital.” 

She further told court that she advised the parent to take him to the hospital, but she did not give them a referral note.

Wahab Akinlade