THE DEATH OF A FINAL YEAR OAU STUDENT "WENDY"

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Moment Before She Died!!!


About some minutes to 4pm yesterday, I noticed a distant gathering of people beside Bofat Filling station, Mayfair. Then, I decided to peep into the gathering, only to discover that a fatal accident had just happened at the scene and it appeared a female has been severely injured. She had bruises and blood all over. I was yet to confirm the details of the accident but I could figure she needed an urgent medical attention as she grasped for breathe and  struggled to move her arms and legs with the little gust of energy left in her.  Immediately, I and some persons carried her and arranged how to get her to the closest hospital but there was an heavy traffic jam along Mayfair/Lagere road which made it impossible for us to  transport her along that path considering the possible effect of the traffic jam on her time of arrival at the hospital. By then, she had managed to tell me she was an OAU student, so we considered taking her to Health Center but the passing motorists were not ready to carry her, rather they sped off whenever they came close and saw the degree of her situation. It was not until some minutes later that an Okada rider came by and offered to help. We immediately positioned her properly on the bike -to avoid her leg getting into the spoke because she was unconscious- and we sped off to campus. Within five minutes, we had gotten to Health Center and she woke up at intervals during the bike ride. All along, she kept on struggling to stay alive, even when we got to Health Center and I fell down while carrying her, she stood strong with hope of surviving. At health Center, she was promptly attended to by the medical personnels; they administered a drip for her but she kept on complaining of breathing difficulty. After some minutes, she regained consciousness on the bed and said; “I can’t breathe again”… then at intervals, she exclaimed; “Ah!!! my mum, my mum, my mum”.

That was the situation till she was transferred via the ambulance, and as we proceeded to OAU THC, she became unconscious again. This time, the nurse carried out a CPR to revive her and she woke up at intervals. And every time she woke up, she would sit-up but could barely speak a word. She only opened her eyeballs widely and shut it again. I kept on telling her that she should hold on for her mum. Then, at the fourth trial of the CPR, she coughed out blood and held on to my collar tightly- staring, straight into my eyeballs- I saw in her the will and zeal to survive despite all odds. I saw in her a fierce fighting spirit that was ready to say “NOT TODAY” to the god of death. Wendy fought through her last minutes of excruciating pain till we got to OAUTHC.

At OAUTHC, she was transferred to the Emergency ward, and the doctors had immediately placed her on some resuscitation process, but her pulse had reduced. Her BP was drastically reducing so they started another round of CPR for her. With her eyes wide open, the doctor confirmed her heartbeat had stopped, all efforts afterwards to proved abortive. I tried calling her name, I had even taken one of her finger Rosary to recite the Catholic prayer for her but all efforts proved abortive. Then it dawned on me that it was too late, Wendy is gone! HER WATCH HAS ENDED. Afterwards, I returned the two finger Rosaries to her hand and instructed the mortuary attendant not to remove it. May God forgive her all her trespasses and may her gentle soul rest in perfect peace. And when the roll is called on the last day may we all assemble without the loss of anyone. Amen!


P.S: Throughout my four years on OAU campus, I have never come across Wendy, but the last 30 minutes of her life would be a memory I can never erase from my head. Wendy was a fighter, a great daugther who cherished her mother even in pain. Wendy, even though we might not meet again, I am sure you would forever rest at the bossom of the most high.

Fatokun Mathew Babafemi




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