Today we (LEAP Africa Alumni) bury one of our
finest member and we can't help but to push
out the story of how she died so individuals,
families, and our society at large will perhaps
take nothing for granted when it comes to
women giving birth. Life is sacred and those
who treat it with recklessness should be called
to order.



So, this is Chisom Anekwe (nee Okereke), a
young, vivacious, graceful, kind-hearted and
intelligent woman who had devoted her life to
helping indigent kids and giving their lives a
meaning. She’s an alumna of LEAP Africa.
Two weeks ago, precisely April 30th 2017,
Chisom died under questionable circumstances
at Magodo Specialist Hospital in Lagos while
trying to birth her third offspring. We believe
strongly that the authorities need to ensure
that lives are taken sacred in hospitals like
Magodo Specialist Hospital where such
avoidable deaths are recorded.
Chisom was admitted in the hospital four days
before she got into labour. She already had two
daughters birthed in the same hospital and was
there to birth her third child, a son. While at the
hospital, no one attended to her when she
needed help to be delivered of the long awaited
baby.


She was left for hours in labour. This
happened until her husband created a scene,
which eventually caused the doctors to go to
her ward and on inspection they found out that
the baby had struggled and died.
The husband at this point requested for a CS
which he paid for and even signed the consent
form presented by the hospital. He was then
tricked out of the room to go prepare for blood
transfusion and on getting back, he found out
that the doctors had induced the wife and
delivered the dead baby without operation not
minding that the CS procedure had been paid
for.



This was without his consent.
During the process of delivering the baby, the
placenta got ruptured and the doctors left her
like that, no further attendance still. Shortly
after, the husband noticed she was swelling up
in her stomach area and called the attention of
the doctors who said they were getting ready
for a surgery, a preparation that took longer
than usual.


After waiting in vain for the surgical team, the
frustrated husband went furiously to the
reception to demand why they were wasting
time only to discover the doctor had sneaked
out of the hospital under funny pretences. At
this point he got other hospital staff to wheel
her out of the hospital and in that process
Chisom died!
This is the story of most young women who die
while giving birth as a result of the callousness,
ignorance and carelessness of inexperienced
doctors. In this era, we shouldn't be talking
about Child and Maternal Mortality especially
when it can be avoided. This could have been
avoided but it wasn't and now Chisom Jane
Anekwe is a victim and has been added to the
statistics.


We demand;
1. That Magodo Specialist Hospital, Shangisha,
Lagos, be investigated for their actions and the
subsequent death of Chisom.
2. That both the Nigerian Medical Association
NMA and the Medical and Dentist Council of
Nigeria, MDCN ensure that supposed Specialist
Hospitals who claim to have a resident
Gynecologist are verified.
3. That there be justice for Chisom!


# SaveTheNextVICTIM
# Justice4Chisom
# Fight4OurDaughters



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mynd44
and the rest please help do the needful for all to see

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Its sad and pitiable, the story we have just read. Its however not proper to draw conclusions or cast aspertions when we havent heard from both parties.
Media sensationalism is good but its better you report your case to the civil authorities and report the doctor to the regulatory bodies if you think there is a case against him.