"Snakes Overrun Lagos Health Centre Where Babies Are Delivered By Candlelight
Shock and outrage have greeted revelations of a deepening health crisis at the Pota Primary Health Centre (PHC) in Badagry Local Government Area of Lagos State, after an investigation by Badagry Today uncovered that the government-owned facility has been overrun by snakes and left in a state of total neglect.
The disturbing discovery followed alarming reports and photographs sent in by concerned residents, showing snakes reportedly killed within the hospital premises. In response, Badagry Today conducted a visit to the PHC, only to find a crumbling structure that scarcely resembles a functioning healthcare facility.
What once served as the primary point of care for the local community has now become a decaying, snake-infested ruin — unfit even for shelter, let alone for delivering medical services.
Multiple nurses at the facility, who spoke on condition of anonymity for fear of reprisal, revealed that more than 20 snakes have been killed inside the building in recent months.
The reptiles, they said, have been spotted in nearly every part of the centre — from the labour room and doctor's office to the reception area, laboratory, and toilets.
The facility, which caters to over 15 towns and 40 communities, now operates without a steady power supply. At night, staff are left to work by candlelight and a single solar-powered bulb.
A generator once donated by a nearby mosque has since fallen into disuse, abandoned due to the government's failure to provide fuel.
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