Miss Stella Merkyaa, a100 level student of Benue State
School of Nursing and Midwifery, Makurdi, was severely burnt from head
to toe in a gas explosion which occurred at the institution on Sunday.
Speaking to newsmen on the cause of the incident, the
principal of the school Mrs. Victoria Gusa, said the explosion occurred
at the 3rd floor of the female hostel and was caused by a gas cylinder
used in cooking.
She added that Stella had returned from church on Sunday and was preparing her lunch inside her hostel when the gas cooker exploded and burnt her severely.
"It exploded in one of the rooms, engulfed the student who
was cooking and burnt her severely from head to toe. As I speak now,
Stella cannot turn her body. She is at the intensive unit of the Federal
Medical Centre, Apir. She lost a lot of fluid even though she talks but
it is incoherent,” the principal said.
The principal who pleaded with the state government to
assist in the treatment of the burnt student, said that the mother of
the student could not raise the sum of N40,000 requested by the hospital
as deposit before Stella would be treated.
"Stella has been in Accident and Emergency ward instead of
Intensive Care Unit due to our inability to deposit N40,000. The
situation is pathetic, we don’t have money and the mother of the victim
do not also have,” Mrs Gusa lamented.
The Deputy Governor of Benue State, Benson Abounu described
the incident as unfortunate He said this today while sympathizing with
the management of the institution and used the avenue to assess the
level of damage done.
He equally sympathised with the victim of the explosion Miss Merkyaa and promised to look into assisting in her treatment.
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