Na wah o! Chimamanda Adichie don drop big bomb for Lagos health matter. Dis esteemed author don accuse Euracare Hospital say dem negligence cause di death of her 21-month-old son, Nkanu Nnamdi. E be like movie, but na real life and di matter no be small.
According to our inside gist, di small pikin dey sick small small, them think na cold, but before you know am, e turn serious infection. Dem carry am go Atlantis Hospital, from there na so dem dey plan make dem waka go America for treatment, as dem already gather medical team for Johns Hopkins Hospital for Baltimore.
Chimamanda talk say after dem carry Nkanu go Euracare for MRI scan, dem say dey go put central line. Di real wahala start for there because she claim say di anaesthesiologist wey dey handle di case give di boy excess dose of propofol. Na wetin make Nkanu no fit respond again, and na so dem come rush am from theatre to ICU.
She dey vex well well as she claim say Nkanu no get enough monitoring after di sedation, and e cause big gbege wey lead to cardiac arrest. According to her, “How fit person sedate sick child come neglect am? Dis kin negligence no suppose happen!” Na so di matter dey hot for social media, as many people dey follow di story closely.
Euracare Hospital don come out to respond, dem dey show sympathy for di loss. Dem talk say dem service na reputable one but dem still get wahala with some reports wey dey fly around. Dem claim say Nkanu come to dem hospital critically ill after dem don treat am for other centres, and di medical team follow all protocol wey dem suppose follow.
Even di Nigerian Society of Anaesthetists don enter di matter as dem dey try check wetin really happen. Di president, Prof. Alhassan Mohammed talk say dem go investigate and look into di protocols wey dem follow for di procedure. E get as e dey, plenty people don express their condolences, including top politicians wey dey show support for Adichie.
As di family dey mourn di passing of Nkanu, dem don also request people make dem respect their privacy during dis time wey dem dey face serious grief. Dis matter na reminder say health care professionals need to take dia job serious, because innocent pikin life dey at stake. We go dey watch how dis story go unfold, e go be like movie but dis na exact reality!
Do you have a news tip for NNN? Please email us at editor @ nnn.ng
