Nollywood star actress, Kate Henshaw is very angry with a popular pharmacy in Lagos for declining to give first aid treatment to her staff who was stabbed with a knife on her hand by criminals recently.
The screen star took to her Twitter page and recounted.
She wrote; “UPDATE on the knife attack on my domestic staff yesterday…”
“Today my staff & I went to the Bar Beach police station on invitation of the DPO Taiwo Oyewale who wanted to know about the incident that occurred yesterday via my tweet.”
“After she was stabbed in front of some people who saw the whole incident but offered no help, a mobile police man then took her to Mopheth Pharmacy on Adeola Odeku (so it was not a hospital/clinic she went to as she told me on the phone). She showed her wounds & asked for help.”
“They said they don’t treat wounds but that she could buy the items she needed. She then asked them that if she bought, who would help her with the stuff she was told she could buy…no response.”
“She was then helped to a hospital where she got treatment.”
“While at the police station, an officer was sent with my staff to invite someone from the pharmacy to tell us what occurred. They refused to come to the station, that the people on duty today were not there yesterday (no problem.”
“I drove to Mopheth Pharmacy in order to speak to the manager, Mrs Oyewole.”
“I asked her why they did not offer first aid at least to someone in need of help, she said they are not trained to give first aid, only to sell medicine.”
“My question now is & forgive me if I sound stupid, if you are the nearest point of help, point of contact that one can reach to get help, you will not be equipped to do so?? Only to sell medicine? Even to offer temporary relief?”
