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.
He explained that it was discovered during a scan on April 13, 2020, that Oluremi had placenta previa and a Caesarean Section needed to be performed to save her life and that of the baby.
The pastor told PUNCH Metro that when he refused to buy a delivery kit that was claimed would be needed for the operation from the nurses, his wife was left unattended to by the doctor and the nurses.
Taiwo stated, “When we got to the doctor at the general hospital, he checked my wife’s file and said the case was a ‘time bomb’ and that Oluremi required a CS and I told him that was what we were told at the primary health centre and that I was told that my wife should not be allowed to have any contraction, because it would lead to us fighting for her life. (Text and photo courtesy Punch)