Tragedy, on Wednesday, struck the BrickHall Schools in Abuja, when a four-year-old pupil, Miguel Ovoke, died during lunch.
A death certificate dated April 24, 2024, issued by the Excel Specialist Hospital, Abuja, as reported by an online news platform indicated that the child was brought into the hospital by his teachers unconscious.
The medical report, signed by Dr. Akinwande Ajayi, on behalf of the medical director, indicated that he was brought in, “on account of asphyxiation on meat while feeding at school.”
The hospital said upon examination, the medical team found that the boy’s pupils were fixed and dilated, with a nonreactive response to light.
His peripheral pulses were said to be “impalpable, blood pressure was unrecordable, and there was no cardiopulmonary activity or respiratory excursions, silent chest.”
The report indicated that all efforts of the medical team to resuscitate him failed.
The report concluded that he was “Brought in Dead.”