Family members protest brother’s death at Gwarimpa hospital
The family of an asthmatic patient, Chiagoziem Dike, allegedly rejected by Federal Staff Hospital Gwarimpa, Abuja on Friday called for shutdown of the facility.
The 37-year-old was said to have experienced asthmatic attack and rushed to the hospital only to be rejected by medical personnel on duty.
Dike reportedly died while being rushed to Federal Medical Centre, Jabi where he was pronounced dead.
The family blamed his death on the failure of FSH staff on duty to attend to him when he was rushed there.
According to the family members, who staged a protest to the Federal Staff Hospital, Dike would have still been alive if the hospital had attended to him.
They wondered how the hospital’s Medical staff who were on duty could not at least check before sending him away.
The protesting family members alleged the hospital was notorious for rejecting emergency cases, causing untimely death of innocent patients.
A lady who identified herself as late Dike’s friend said he was rushed to the hospital when he had an asthmatic attack in the early hours of April 25 but medical staff on duty allegedly refused to open the gate.
She said they also stopped the gate men who had shown concern from granting them access.
She said after staying for about two hours with, they decided to go to another hospital but the patient couldn’t make it there alive.
The late Dike’s sister, Onyiyechi, said the hospital was a death trap.
She urged the Medical Director to get to the root of the matter, saying “It is your responsibility to know what happened in your hospital.
“My brother is 37 years old. Did you know how long he has been struggling? He is my parent’s only son. We can’t sleep. This incident could’ve have been avoided but no, you guys choose to take his life,” she lamented.
Another family member, Sarah Ameachi, narrated her bitter experience in the same facility..
She said: “They left me in the labour room I was bleeding nobody cared for me there were supposed to be three nurses attending to me unfortunately one left the left me to bleed they after I gave birth I told them that I’m going to report they told me that I should thank God I’m alive.
“So after that incident I went back with my son. Today it’s my brother turn who they did not touch they did not even look at him. They referred him to Jabi at least they could’ve done something or checked what was wrong with him even if you don’t have the equipment.”
The protesting family demanded the hospital be shut down within the next 72 hours.
Mr. Innocent Echi, an in-law to the late Dike, said: “What really happened was that on the 25 April my in-law Chiahoziem Dike had an asthmatic attack by 4am and he was rushed down to the hospital.
” He stayed opposite star view meaning that from there to the hospital is one or two minutes drive so the family and friends bouught him to the nearest hospital which is the Federal Staff Hospital. But when they brought him they refused to open the gate after so much pressure they opened it and they took him in.
“The doctors just looked at him and said they can’t handle the case and ask them to take him to Federal Medical Center, Jabi on reaching there, they told us that he was dead.
Our anger is that Federal Staff Hospital could’ve have given him first aid. He won’t have died.
“We had them on record when they were talking carelessly. It made us wonder if they graduated from Medical College and who issued them license,” he said.
But Chief Medical Director, Federal Staff Hospital, Gwarimpa, Dr. Adewumi said he was not aware of all the cases cited by the protesters, describing the death of Dike as unfortunate.
He however pleaded with the aggrieved protesters, promising to look into the matter.
He said: “I am not aware of all these. I understand, I know what you are feeling .
“This is the first case I am witnessing I’m going to find out and get the nurses and doctors involved and get justice for you.
“We are going to investigate. Please calm down. I am sorry for all that has happened. I am going to look into it and all that happened that day.
“It’s unfortunate it happened like I said, we need to demand justice’s for that so I need to know what happened.”
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