Lagos Records 154 Accidents In April

The Lagos State accident and emergency centre on Ibadan-Lagos expressway recorded not less than 154 accident cases in the month of April 2010.

Governor Babatunde Fashola said this in Lagos recently while commissioning the accident and emergency centre, saying the centre was to demonstrate government’s resolve to lead change and correct things that would help the masses.

Fashola noted that the survival of accident victims depended on how fast they could get help, stressing that the 20 beds facility was strategically located in order to bring quick response and treatment closer to the highway.

“It is a transit point where emergency and stabilise medical services would be given to save life and protect property” he said.

He further explained that a lot of effort is being made at various level of government to improve safety on the road and increase awareness of the road users about road safety requirement.

Speaking at the occasion, the Commissioner of Health, Dr. Jide Idris said 70 percent of accident victims treated at the centre since its inception on April 2, fall below the ages of 20-25 years, adding the cases were basically vehicular as well as motor cycle accidents.

According to him, “the conceptualisation and design of the centre is embedded in the infrastructural development plan for the health sector and is aimed at the delivery of prompt.