Omonigho Abraham, the four-year-old boy attacked by dogs in the Igando area of Lagos State is beginning to regain his health in an India hospital.
PUNCH Metro gathered on Tuesday that Omonigho was in a stable condition and would return to the country between January and February 2015.
The national leader of a non-governmental organisation, Global Initiative for Peace, Love and Care, GIPLC, Mr. Nuhu Kwajafa, whose organisation was part of those that raised funds for the victim, told our correspondent on Tuesday that he was in a stable condition.
PUNCH Metro had reported on October 7, 2014, how Omonigho was attacked by two dogs belonging to his parents’ landlord, Stanley Wesley, at their residence on Adegboyega Street, Akesan Estate.
It was reported that the dogs chewed off his scalp and exposed his skull during an attack which his brothers escaped from.
He was rescued by his mother who fought off the dogs as policemen and helpless residents watched at the gate.
Our correspondent reported that his admission at the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital was marred with claims of abandonment and at a point, the victim’s father, Mr. Odia Abraham, said his son’s condition had worsened due to negligence.
The hospital management had promised to take better care of Omonigho, adding that the state’s governor, Babatunde Fashola, had said the government would bear all the cost of his treatment.
The state government had agreed to foot a medical trip to Dubai, but the family turned down the offer, saying the Delta State Government and GIPLC had concluded arrangements and travel documents for Omonigbo’s trip to India.
Omonigho was flown to India on Friday, November 28, and had since been admitted in an undisclosed hospital.
He was said to have been accompanied by his mother, Helen.
Kwajafa said, “He is with his mother and they are both doing fine. From the report I got from them, his health is stable. He is recovering and between January and February, 2015, he will be back in Nigeria.
“The doctors there assessed the level of injuries and stabilised him. Everything is going on well and he’s been responding to treatment. What we lacked in Nigeria was just the expertise.
And that was why it was good that he was taken there for treatment.”
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