Following Thursday's collision of a train and a staff bus in the state's Ikeja area, Prof. Akin Abayomi, the commissioner for health for Lagos State, reports that 32 patients have been released from the hospital.
102 casualties were reported, according to Abayomi, who spoke to reporters at a press conference on Friday at the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital (LASUTH). He claims that there are still six fatalities, while 19 victims have been released from LASUTH, five have been treated at the State Accident and Emergency Centre at Old Toll Gate, and eight have been treated at Orile-Agege General Hospital.
He added that 40 units of blood were transferred today for the victims, and 256 units of voluntary blood were received on Thursday from residents of Lagos State. It is significant to note that no additional passengers have died as a result of this accident since around 12 o'clock yesterday. So, the commissioner said, "The act of triage was very important in saving lives and reducing the casualty of this heinous accident.
The triage process also identifies some of the injured passengers who can be transferred to other established general hospitals in Lagos because there are very few hospitals in the world that can handle a sudden surge of very critically injured patients. 25 less seriously injured patients from four of our general hospitals, according to Abayomi, were transferred to Gbagada General Hospital, Lagos Island General Hospital, the Toll Gate Accident and Emergency Centre, and the Orile Agege General Hospital.
"I went to see them after I left LASUTH, and they're all fine and stable. Some of them will in fact be released later today, he continued.