After the horror crash that claimed the lives of two of his best friends, the mother of Anthony Joshua has rushed to his bedside at one of Nigeria’s best hospitals as he recovers from injuries sustained in Ogun State on Monday.
According to local news reports, Joshua is being treated at the Duchess International Hospital in Lagos, which has been named as the best private hospital in Nigeria for the past two years.
Nigeria’s president, Bola Tinubu confirmed that Joshua’s mum had joined him at the hospital after calling the heavyweight boxing star.
The exclusive hospital boasts an elite service dubbed the Harley Street Practice, located on the sixth floor, which offers Duchess Royal Suites for VIP inpatients.
The hospital states that the facilities offer a ‘unique hospitality experience to our clients, offering a combination of outstanding patient care with the luxury of five-star accommodation and privacy.’
Patients receive one-to-one care for 24-hours a day and have access to medical personnel and hospitality staff.
They also receive gourmet meals fully catered to their taste. The basic packages for the Royal Suite with ensuite bathroom facilities starts at £2,000.
The hospital states that it provides a bespoke clinical service combines excellence in healthcare with a unique experience of hospitality, and offers a ‘highly personalised service to our patients, delivering complex care tailored to individual needs’.
Joshua suffered injuries in a car crash on Monday which an eyewitness had initially mistaken for a bomb blast due to the noise of the crash.
Joshua’s close friends Sina Ghami and Latif Ayodele were killed in the crash.
‘The bang from the impact jolted everyone, at first, we thought it was another bomb blast,’ an eyewitness said.
‘When we realised it was an accident, people rushed down. Some people started videoing the scene, while others opened the doors to see if they could rescue anyone.”
‘One of the men who survived shouted that we should help the people in the next car, saying one of them was Anthony Joshua. Some people didn’t even know who he was until a man who stopped by said they were from the same Sagamu.’
The eyewitness added that Joshua had complained of suffering pain in his leg.
