Atrocious Christmas as fire consumes doctor in hospital

                        The burnt hospital

It was a sad Christmas for residents of  Oke Ibukun Street, off Araromi, in Akure, the Ondo State capital.

They woke up to a raging fire that razed a clinic, Universal Medical Clinic (Specialist Children Clinic), and killed the owner of the clinic, Dr. David Oguntuase.

It was a sad Christmas for residents of Oke Ibukun Street, off Araromi, in Akure, the Ondo State capital.

They woke up to a raging fire that razed a clinic, Universal Medical Clinic (Specialist Children Clinic), and killed the owner of the clinic, Dr. David Oguntuase.

Punch gathered that the fire began at about 12.30am on Thursday. Nobody could, however, determine the cause of the fire.

Sympathisers could not hold back their tears as they watched the remains of the victim which were burnt beyond recognition.

It was learnt that the doctor worked as a Consultant Paediatrician at the Federal Medical Centre in Owo, while he maintained a private clinic in Akure.

Some residents were said to have made frantic efforts to rescue the doctor by getting the state firefighters to the scene. The efforts, however, failed, as none of the firefighters came to the scene in spite of the calls made to them.

Police Public Relations Officer, Wole Ogodo, confirmed the incident, adding that the police had started an investigation into the cause of the fire.

He said, “The doctor was consumed in an inferno in his clinic and we have commenced our investigation. His corpse has been taken to the morgue.”

Ogodo added that the wife of the late doctor, Wuraola, reported the incident at the A-Division Police Station in Akure.