#Justiceforchisom: Family demands justice after young pregnant woman dies under questionable circumstances at Lagos hospital
The family of late Chisom Jane Anekwe (nee Okereke) and
LEAP Africa Alumni are demanding for justice following her painful death
at the Magodo Specialist Hospital.
The young mother of two daughters died on April 30th, 2017,
while giving birth to her third child, a boy after a prolonged labour.
Sadly, the baby also died. According to her family members and friends,
Chisom was abandoned and left unattended to deal with labour pains and
other pregnancy complications.
So, this is Chisom Anekwe (nee Okereke), a young,
vivacious, graceful, kind-hearted and intelligent woman who had devoted
her life to helping indigent kids and giving their lives a meaning.
She’s an alumna of LEAP Africa.
Two weeks ago, precisely April 30th 2017, Chisom died under
questionable circumstances at Magodo Specialist Hospital in Lagos while
trying to birth her third offspring. We believe strongly that the
authorities need to ensure that lives are taken sacred in hospitals like
Magodo Specialist Hospital where such avoidable deaths are recorded.
Chisom was admitted in the hospital four days before she
got into labour. She already had two daughters birthed in the same
hospital and was there to birth her third child, a son. While at the
hospital, no one attended to her when she needed help to be delivered of
the long awaited baby. She was left for hours in labour. This happened
until her husband created a scene, which eventually caused the doctors
to go to her ward and on inspection they found out that the baby had
struggled and died.
The husband at this point requested for a CS which he paid
for and even signed the consent form presented by the hospital. He was
then tricked out of the room to go prepare for blood transfusion and on
getting back, he found out that the doctors had induced the wife and
delivered the dead baby without operation not minding that the CS
procedure had been paid for. This was without his consent.
After waiting in vain for the surgical team, the frustrated
husband went furiously to the reception to demand why they were wasting
time only to discover the doctor had sneaked out of the hospital under
funny pretences. At this point he got other hospital staff to wheel her
out of the hospital and in that process Chisom died!
This is the story of most young women who die while giving
birth as a result of the callousness, ignorance and carelessness of
inexperienced doctors. In this era, we shouldn't be talking about Child
and Maternal Mortality especially when it can be avoided. This could
have been avoided but it wasn't and now Chisom Jane Anekwe is a victim
and has been added to the statistics.
We demand;
1. That Magodo Specialist Hospital, Shangisha, Lagos, be investigated for their actions and the subsequent death of Chisom.
2. That both the Nigerian Medical Association NMA and the
Medical and Dentist Council of Nigeria, MDCN ensure that supposed
Specialist Hospitals who claim to have a resident Gynecologist are
verified.
3. That there be justice for Chisom!
Goodnight my friend.Her friends are demanding for an investigation into the Chisom's death. See what some of her friends wrote on Facebook, below...
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