Nurse Gives Command Student Overdose

Thirteen-year-old boy, Akeem Saheed (pseudonym), a pupil of Command Secondary School, Suleja, Niger State, has yet to recover from the effects of a drug overdose, allegedly given to him by a nurse at the school’s sickbay.

Our correspondent, who visited Saheed on Saturday, observed that the boy still suffered from burnt skin, blisters, red eyes and bleeding lips, despite spending 19 days at the Kubwa General Hospital, in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja.

Saheed, who could barely speak, told our correspondent that he wanted the nurse to be sanctioned because of other pupils in the school.

Our correspondent learnt that Saheed, whose family hails from Oyo State, on Sunday, April 30, approached the nurse at the sickbay and complained of “running a temperature”, after which the nurse, whose name had yet to be ascertained, gave him three tablets to take as first aid.

Some minutes later after the boy had gone to his hostel, rashes reportedly appeared on his body, which were later followed by blisters and swollen eyes.

The boy was said to have rushed back to the sickbay.

It was gathered that Saheed was evenutally referred to the General Hospital, Kubwa area in Abuja on Sunday, May 1, where his parents were told that the boy was suffering from overdose.

Saheed spent 19 days at the hospital, and was discharged on Friday.

When our correspondent visited him on Saturday, his eyes were still red and he had some blisters, although the doctors assured that they were no more life threatening.

Saheed, who noted that he could not complete his examination because of his reaction to the drug, said the school should discipline the nurse because of other school pupils.