A bullet on Wednesday pierced through the roof of one of the Federal Medical Centre Abakaliki’s surgical theatres and injured a patient awaiting surgery.
It was gathered that Mr Chigozie Ebede was on his hospital bed, and was about to be undergo operation on one of his legs, fractured in an auto accident.
Ebede had only undergone one of the three series of operations when the incident occurred, which led to the cancellation of the others. His situation was made worse as the leg, which the bullet hit was deformed as a result of an illness during his younger days. www.naijapaymentsonline.com
Narrating his experience to newsmen, Ebede said he was about to undergo an operation in the theatre when the cry of a child attracted the attention of the doctor, who left immediately to attend to her.
“Immediately the doctor left, a tool pierced through the roof of the theatre and hit my deformed leg which made me cry out in pains. My cry attracted the doctor who quickly tried to stop bleeding from the wound, as he confirmed that I had been hit by a bullet. A search immediately commenced inside the ward and the bullet was discovered,’’ he said.
Ebede, who said he is a trader, added that he lost consciousness at that point and only regained it hours later on his bed inside one of the wards.
“I don’t know the source of the bullet, but I am sure I have not offended anyone in the course of my business transactions,’’ he said.
Mr Oji Uzodinma, the Public Relations Officer of the hospital, who spoke on behalf of the Chief Medical Director, confirmed the incident, saying the matter is being handled by the authorities.
“It was a stray bullet that pierced through the theatre’s roof from outside the hospital. It was neither targeted at the patient nor the doctor”, he said.
We contacted, the State Security Service (SSS) confirmed that the bullet was from an AK-47 gun and that the service is currently handling the matter.(NAN)
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