Friday, April 24, 2026 - A 400-level medical student
of Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), Ile-Ife, Osun state, identified as Adewole
Emmanuel, d!ed after collapsing moments before his final semester examination.
Emmanuel’s death was announced in a statement released by
the Ife University Medical Students Association (IFUMSA)on Thursday, April 22.
“Under the
cover of dark clouds, we write to you with the heaviest of hearts to inform you
of the passing of one of our own, an integral part of the association and a
solid pillar of his class,” the statement reads.
The association described the deceased as “a colleague,
friend, roommate, and a Part 4 medical student with an undeniably bright future
until the time of his passing”.
“This
incident is not only sad, but crucially painful as we lost a rising star and a
loving member of the IFUMSA family. In honoring his dearest memories, we kindly
ask the general public to do without speculations and respect the privacy of
the family during this vulnerable period.”
A fellow medical student @to37867_toyyib who mourned the
deceased on his X handle, alleged that the ambulance brought in when the
deceased collapsed had no stretcher nor oxygen.
‘’We just
lost another medical student. Adewole Oreoluwa Emmanuel, a Part 4 medical
student of OAU, collapsed during his viva and didn't survive.
He wanted to
be a cardiothoracic surgeon. He wanted to save hearts. But when his own heart
needed help, the system couldn't save him.
This is not
just one sad story. It is a mirror showing how little we value the lives of
those training to save ours.
How do you
explain an ambulance arriving without oxygen or a stretcher? How do you explain
a college with no working defibrillator? How do you expect young doctors to
keep pushing when basic life support is missing?
To IFUMSA,
OAU, and the Medical and Dental Council of Nigeria (MDCN): This cannot be
another forgotten case. Something must change.
Oreoluwa
deserved better. His dreams deserved better. Rest on legend!''he wrote
The school authorities are yet to release a statement over
the unfortunate incident.
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