A medical doctor and witness in the ongoing inquest into the death of Sylvester Oromoni, Dr Aghogho Henry Owhojede on Tuesday, told the court how the young Dowen College student died without receiving any treatment at the hospital.
Dr Owhojede stated this while giving evidence before the coroner, Magistrate Mikhail Kadiri.
The doctor told Akin George, a counsel of Lagos State during cross examination that the deceased was not treated at any hospital after his arrival in Warri.
Dr Owhojede said he treated the deceased at home. He added that at a time, he was taken to church for prayers.
He added that on the 30th of November, his family decided to him to Delta State University Teaching Hospital, Oghara when his condition deteriorated.
The doctor disclosed that when he was called and informed of his situation, he asked them to bring him to his clinic which was close to their house but that the 12-year-old boy was brought in as a “Dead on Arrival.”
He said that before his death, scans carried out on Sylvester showed he was suffering from an enlarged liver which put him into so much distress.
He noted that he had gone on to treat Sylvester for the injury he was told he sustained during a football match only to be told when his condition deteriorated that he was brutally assaulted and fed a poisonous substance.
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