A large number of people at the facility told PUNCH Metro that the development posed health risks to residents of the area, patients and visitors.
During a two-week observation by PUNCH Metro, it was discovered that pregnant women, patients and visitors to the hospital ease themselves on the premises of the hospital.
Some of the patients and visitors, who spoke with our correspondent, blamed the situation on the hospital management’s failure to provide toilets.
They lamented that if nothing was done to address the challenge on time, an epidemic could break out.
A visitor, Mrs. Tolulope Adeniyi, said she came to the hospital to look after a sick relative who was on admission in the hospital.
She said she had been going to a bush close to the Combined Clinics and Ward to ease herself since arriving at the hospital.
She said, “I have been here for more than three days now. Each time I have to defecate, I go to the bush to do that. Initially, I was reluctant to do it, but I don’t have any other option.
“Sometimes, I stepped on the faeces of other people and the smell in that place is horrible. But what I do is to drop my own, and cover it up with tissue paper before leaving.”
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