TheNetng LUTH Updates: LUTH fire leaves patients and staff devastated

The fire which razed down the  Direct Observation Therapy Centre for Tuberculosis of the Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH) in Idi Araba, Lagos yesterday, August 30, 2012, has left staff and patients devastated as they watched the remains of what once stood as the centre.
A visit by NET showed the building burnt down with nothing left while staff and patients sat in clustered groups at the site.
Although no one was willing to speak about the incident at the time, our reporter gathered from eyewitnesses that the fire had started 8.00PM, from the pharmacy-drug unit of the centre.
We're told there were attempts to put out the fire, but the centre, which was made of wood, burnt out faster.
Patients who were at the scene looked on with saddened faces as they wondered what would be their fate.
However, the patients were told to wait as the centre administrators would discuss with them on what next to do.

By Ibiene George