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How my first grandchild bled to death at FG hospital - Akpabio

Thompson Nsisongabasi

Aug 05, 2023

How my first grandchild bled to death at FG hospital - Akpabio

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The Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, has disclosed that his first grandchild died at a federal government hospital in 2019.

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Akpabio made the disclosure on Friday during the screening of the Lagos state ministerial nominee, Dr Tunji Alausa.

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Akpabio said that he lost his grandchild to medical negligence and dereliction of duty at a federal medical centre.

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According to him, the deceased bled to death after the drip he received finished in the middle of the night, and no medical worker was around to attend to him.

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His words:
LIKE EVERY OTHER PERSON, I HAVE BEEN A VICTIM OF MEDICAL NEGLECT. I LOST MY FIRST GRANDCHILD IN 2019 IN A FEDERAL MEDICAL CENTRE.

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HE DIED THROUGH BLEEDING. HE WAS RECEIVING DRIP AND IT WAS TISSUED IN THE NIGHT. THERE WAS NO HELP, NO DOCTOR, NO NURSE.

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HE BLED UNTIL HE LOST OVER 60 PERCENT OF HIS BLOOD AND WAS ALMOST GOING MENTAL, HE STRUGGLED AND FELL ON THE FLOOR., HE WAS LOOKING FOR WATER TO DRINK.

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HE ROLLED ON THE FLOOR OUTSIDE AND ENTERED THE EARLY MORNING DEW, AND POURED THE DEW ALL OVER HIS BODY, AND THAT WAS WHERE THEY FOUND HIM.

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