Drama ensued at the Mother and Child Hospital, Akure, the Ondo State capital, on Saturday as a yet-to-be-identified man allegedly attacked medical workers at the hospital after his son died.
The man was said to have gone haywire when his son passed on in the hospital as he beat a doctor and nurse on duty with cutlass and chased other medics, blaming the staff of the hospital for death of the five-year-old boy.
The incident was said to have paralysed all activities in the government-owned hospital for several hours.
After beating the medical practitioners, it was gathered that the angry man allegedly left the hospital with the remains of the deceased.
A source said the matter was reported at the ‘B’ Division Police Station, Akure, but saying the police could not arrest the attacker.
The source narrated, ” The man and his wife suddenly rushed in their sick child into the emergency ward with a cry for help in order to save his life who was almost at a point of death.
Immediately the man came in with the child, all the nurses on duty came to his rescue and the child was admitted and was put on life support. The father of the child was later told to pay the sum of N8,000 but unfortunately during that process the child gave up.
“When he was informed that the boy was dead, he angrily rushed into his car and brought out a cutlass which he used to beat a nurse and a doctor on duty. He was really mad. So everyone on duty had to run to safety.