The Nation Newspaper How pregnant woman, two others died in general hospital over doctors’ absence
The Kuje General Hospital, located in one of the satellite towns of Abuja, on Saturday assumed the semblance of a graveyard as a pregnant woman in labour and two mildly-ill children lost their lives.Patients at the hospital were left to their own fates to either seek help at private hospitals whose services are at high prices or remain there hoping to see a doctor come to their aid.
Patients who had been waiting since 7 am, and were given numbers preparatory to seeing the doctor on call said a mildly-ill child of about 22 months died around 11 am at the emergency unit while the doctor was away. Asked why he left his duty post since despite the presence of many patients needing medical care, Dr. Napoleon responded saying that he needed to go and get food, and that he had been working for more than 24 hours and therefore needed some rest.
A certain Dr. Festus was said to have been the one in charge of the maternity ward, and who should have handled the pregnant woman’s case, but he was nowhere to be found within the hospital. Sources alleged that a certain Dr Augusta Mc-Angus is one of the beneficiaries of Dr. Odukoye’s favoritism as she may allegedly not even come to work for many days and weeks. They alleged that her shifts are usually added to others who end up being over-worked as they can run a 72 hour shift nonstop.
Unconfirmed report also revealed that the FCT Health and Human Services Secretariat which is responsible for employing doctors and deploys them to general hospitals across the Territory, has not carried out employment of medical doctors and other health personnel in the last five years.
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