A Lagos-based pastor, Ayobami Taiwo, has accused health workers at the Epe General Hospital of negligence, following the death of his wife, Oluremi Esan, during childbirth.
The 40-year-old Taiwo lamented that the doctor and nurses on duty abandoned his wife after she was referred on emergency to the hospital by the Epe Primary Health Centre.
“The doctor said I should get four pints of blood ready and that he was still checking whether to book my wife for the CS for the following day or Thursday. The nurses told me to pay N29,000 for the delivery kit that was meant for someone else, who eventually did not need it, but some items had been used from it; so, another health official told me to ask the doctor’s permission to buy from the nurses or he should give me a prescription to buy from the pharmacy.
Taiwo added that when the doctor and the nurses refused to attend to his wife, he went to the administrative block of the hospital and was able to get the numbers of some senior medical personnel, who offered the much needed help. “He asked if my wife had an underlying illness and I told him that she did not have. It was then it dawned on me that he was looking for a soft landing to wriggle out of the situation. My wife died because she bled for so long without medical attention.
Also, the Commissioner for Health, Prof. Akin Abayomi, did not pick his calls nor replied to a text message sent to his mobile telephone.
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