The College of Nigeria Instructing Hospital UNTH), Ituku-Ozalla, Enugu State, has reacted to a trending video alleging that it gave out three youngsters of a affected person who died after surgical procedure on the facility to unknown individuals.
The video, taken contained in the premises of the hospital, alleged that the deceased woman, Chinyere Jennifer James, had died throughout a surgical procedure on the hospital, including that the hospital employees gave out her youngsters to unknown individuals once they couldn’t verify their father or family members. It additionally alleged that one was given out to a pastor whereas the opposite two got to a girl.
However in response, the hospital acknowledged that it had no involvement within the allegations within the viral video. It, nevertheless, admitted that the deceased woman died on the facility throughout surgical procedure and that her stays had been deposited at its morgue, awaiting assortment by the household.
Public Relations Officer of the hospital, Boniface Uchelue, advised The Guardian that the hospital by no means gave out the kids of the deceased to anybody nor was concerned in any such negotiation.
“The woman in query, sadly, died throughout surgical procedure. However whereas she was alive within the facility, a caregiver who was attending to a different affected person was relating together with her. When she died, this identical caregiver took custody of her youngsters. It has nothing to do with us. She took them away out of sympathy, following the unlucky loss of life of their mom”, he mentioned
Uchelue added that the deceased youngsters weren’t registered with the hospital, including that they have been already “bonding with this caregiver whereas their mom was alive”.
He burdened that it was unfair to hyperlink the hospital with promoting youngsters to unknown individuals, stressing that “we didn’t interact in any negotiation on how the kids must be taken care of”.
Destructive reactions had trailed the UNTH just lately, following the loss of life of Charity Unachukwu, who was mentioned to have died on account of negligence by employees of the hospital.
The deceased’s relative, Phina Ezeagwu, had taken to social media after Charity had died from a automobile accident within the hospital after over 12 hours of ready for therapy.
She accused the employees of negligence, alleging that “nothing is working at UNTH, not even management of junior employees”.
The hospital’s Chief Medical Director, Prof Obinna Onudugo, promised to research the claims of the writer of the write-up, describing them as “severe”.
