Feyi Agagu being moved from Emergency ward to another ward in LASUTH, this morning. Photo: Simon Ateba
Despite
the claims by aero medical experts last Friday that Feyi Agagu, a
survivor of the October 3, Lagos plane crash and son of the late
governor of Ondo State, Dr. Olusegun Agagu, was responding well to
treatment, he was yesterday flown abroad for better medical attention,
We learnt.
Besides Feyi, another survivor of the air crash,
simply identified as Akin, has also been transferred abroad for medical
attention.
The two survivors, who were expected to travel have
departed the country Tuesday night, could not make the trip because
medical experts could not until yesterday clear Feyi for the almost five
hours trip from Lagos.
Sources also revealed that another reason
for the delay was the fact that the doctors attending to them could not
get clearance from British Airways for the trip. It was learnt that
they were initially billed to fly through an air ambulance but the
option was said to have been dropped for a scheduled passenger flight
because of the horrible experience the family had last Thursday.
Investigations
revealed that the two survivors departed the country aboard a British
Airway flight yesterday. About five or six medical experts accompanied
the patients on the flight, while details of the family members on the
trip remained very sketchy as at the press time.
The Director of
Aero Medical Standard at the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA),
Dr. (Mrs.) Teresa Bassey, in response to journalists’ enquiries on the
state of health of Feyi and other survivors of the crash, had told the
media on Friday that “Feyi Agagu was responding very well to treatment
and was doing well and talking with friends and relations.” But reports
later that day had it that doctors at the Lagos State University
Teaching Hospital (LASUTH), battled to save his life on Friday morning
after a relapse. He was moved from the surgical emergency ward in LASUTH
to the more comfortable Bola Ahmed Tinubu ward for a better chance of
survival.
Feyi and Akin were said to have remained in the special
intensive care until yesterday when they were prepared for the flight.
Further investigations by our Reporters revealed that family members and
associates of the late Agagu had requested that he and his
brother-in-law, Akin, should be moved out of the country to where they
would have access to better and more sophisticated medical treatment at
Harvey Street Hospital, London. We were told was expected to have taken
place on Tuesday but because of the unstable state of Feyi’s health, the
flight was rescheduled till yesterday when he was moved to the Lagos
airport at about 10 pm for the flight. To avoid suspicion from the
members of the public, family members on the flight were given VIP
clearance and moved into the terminal at about 30 minutes to the
departure time.
