It was cries, tears and woes in National Hospital Abuja on Sunday as many lives were reportedly lost following the sudden and mysterious fire outbreak that engulfed the generator house of the hospital.
According to an eye witness, trouble started few minutes after the death of a young boy simply identified as David Umar. The boy who was allegedly knocked down by a hit and run Hilux driver along Airport Road, was brought into the hospital by a good Samaritan. It was reported that the hospital nurses did not attend to David, claiming that doctors were on strike and insisting on getting a police report.
It was reported that David who has lost so much blood eventually gave up the ghost.
The source said that soon after David gave up the ghost, flames of fire were noticed around the power house of the hospital and all the generators were caught up in the inferno, thereby cutting off power supply to the hospital.
This was said to have led to the deaths of many patients, mostly children kept in incubating machines.
Others hit by the unfortunate incident were those under life support machines and oxygen.
The number of deaths recorded was unknown as at time of filing this report, but unconfirmed report said that no fewer than ten people lost their lives in a single day in the hospital.