Misdiagnosed ;They killed my wife.
A grieving husband, Ausbet Udebu, has alleged the incompetence of a doctor at the Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH) led to the death of his 46-year-old wife, Ngozi, on March 28. According to the Nation, the 56-year-old man said he and his family had gone to celebrate Good Friday at St. Dominic’s Catholic Church in Yaba when his daughter called him that their mother had severe stomach pain. He alleged a physician at LUTH subsequently diagnosed her of ulcer and treated her. Following her death, however, an autopsy report showed that she died of Asphyxia – loss of consciousness due to the body’s inability to deliver oxygen to its tissues. Udebu said, “We rushed her to LUTH around 9pm with my wife writhing in pains. She underwent some tests/scan and the results were ready before 7am the following day.” He added when he took the results to the doctors, he was asked to wait until they were ready for ward rounds. He continued, “After about 90 minute...