Lagos Shuts Medville Global Health Centre Over Negligence In Death Of Patient

Following an allegation of suspected negligence in the death of a 28-year-old woman during childbirth, the Lagos State government has shut down Medville Global Health Centre.

The Health Facility Monitoring and Accreditation Agency, which is part of the government, released a statement on Tuesday (HEFAMAA).

The government temporarily closed the hospital, according to Commissioner of Health Akin Abayomi, who tweeted the news on his Twitter page, due to a lack of conformity with prescribed medical standards.

Trimple Mchaty, a Twitter user, detailed on Sunday how his pregnant wife died in the hospital on March 29.

He said that his wife had been taking antenatal classes in their home state of Anambra before moving to Lagos to live with his older sister while he was away.

“She was undergoing antenatal in the (Lagos-based) hospital till on Sunday 28th March 2022. She did all the scans and tests required of her and everything was perfect,” Mr Mchaty, an IT consultant, wrote.

“On Sunday noon, 28th March she chatted me that water had dropped off her leg so she called the hospital to inform them.

“They asked her to come over to the hospital. On getting there, they induce her to speed up labour.

The IT consultant said that after 10 hours of labour, his sister called him that his wife was weak and the doctor wanted to carry out a caesarean section on her.

He said he consented and around 2 a.m. they called him that she needed a blood transfusion.

“Mind you, I was in Enugu while all this was happening.”

Mr Mchaty said the hospital had no blood bank or ambulance in case of emergencies.

“So I started looking for an Uber to take my sister to General Hospital, Isolo, to go get blood at midnight,” he said.

“I succeeded in getting about five pints of blood. Around 3 a.m., they called me saying that they wanted to cut off her womb and that she was bleeding. I was shocked because this is her first child and she is 28 yrs old.”

Mr Mchaty said that he again received a call from the hospital that they needed more blood. So, around 3:30 a.m., his sister again went on a blood search.

He said that by morning he called the hospital to speak with his wife but he was asked to wait for 20 minutes for her to be dressed and taken to the ward.

Unrelenting, he said he called his sister, who told him that the consultant who carried out the operation was called back to open her again because of complications.

He said his 28-year-old wife died, but the baby survived.

“I rushed down to Enugu Airport and boarded a flight down to Lagos, (on) getting to the hospital, I found my wife’s lifeless body in one old-looking operation room,” he said.

“I was so heartbroken, they gave me an exorbitant bill to pay before I could carry her dead body, over 500k.

“Right now, I took my son to another hospital. He is in the ICU now. We are doing different kinds of scans, tests, Xray and co. He is using oxygen at the moment.

“The bills are excess, I am just hoping he can survive.

“I need justice for my wife @followlasg @PoliceNG_lagos @FMHDSD.”