Following the collapse of the building housing a school in the Ita Faji area of Lagos Island on Wednesday, March 13, the Lagos State government has begun the demolition of buildings on Freeman Street within the same area.
Among victims of the building collapse were children, whose school was located on the top floor of the building.
Twenty people lost their lives in the incident while 45 others sustained various degrees of injury.
According to the Lagos State Commissioner for Health, Dr Jide Idris, said the 20 victims who lost their lives in the incident were already dead when they were brought in to the General Hospital in Lagos.
He said this during his visit to the hospital on Friday in Lagos.
According to him, the corpses have been released to the families for burial.
He noted that 45 persons who survived the collapse, were being managed across some of the state health facilities, including Lagos Island General Hospital, Massey Street Children’s Hospital, Onikan Health Centre and the Gbagada General Hospital.
Others are Lagos State University Teaching Hospital (LASUTH), Ikeja; National Orthopaedic Hospital, Igbobi, and Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH), Idi-Araba.
“Out of the 45 survivors known to the government as at this morning, 14, including 10 children and four adults, are still receiving medical attention at Lagos Island General Hospital.
“More survivors will still be discharged to their families before the close of work today, “ he said.
