The controversy caused by the death of a graduate,Kolawole Idowu in a Lagos hospital has deepened as the result of the autopsy conducted on his remains says he died from pneumonia.
A death certificate issued to the family,a copy of which was obtained by Punch Metro,dated July 26,said the 29year old was killed by a lung infection.
The mother of the victim,Mrs Mopelola Osiyemi,said the report had raised more questions than answers on how her son died.
Punch metro had reported that he had gone to the Ikeja Medical Center,a private hospital in his neighbourhood where he was treated for malaria and after a negative reaction,he was admitted for mental illness.
After spending about 2weeks at the hospital,he was transferred to LASUTH,Ikeja.
He was admitted to the psychiatric ward and later went into coma at the hospital.
Our correspondent reports he was taken to the intensive care unit of LASUTH when his illness became critical.
He died after spending about 2months in the ICU.
Doctors at LASUTH had said he was received as a psychiatric patient,but further checks showed his ailment was not purely a psychiatric issue,adding that he had an infection called meningoencephalitis.
The medical certificate of the cause of death signed by one Mgbehoma Ikenna,of the department of Pathology and forensic medicine,LASUTH,said,"I hereby certify that I have performed an autopsy on the body of Kolawole Idowu,who was stated to be 29,that I saw him on July 4,2017,that he was then dead;that he died as I was informed on July 1,2017,at about 4pm;and that the cause of death was to the best of my knowledge and belief as herein stated,la;bronchopneumonia,and that the disease had continued till death".
Our correspondent observed that the primary and secondary causes were cancelled by the writer,who simply stated the cause of death as bronchopneumoia.
The victim's mother,Isiyemi said the family was almost done with it's petition to the Medical And Dental Council of Nigeria against the Ikeja Medical Center.
She however expressed surprise at the report,"I don't know why it took them such a long time for the certificate to be released to us.Ordinarily,it shouldn't have taken this long.And now they are telling us he died from pneumonia".
A medical expert said it was possible the deceased contracted the infection in the LASUTH ICU,adding that it could be the secondary cause of death.
He said "he could have died from pneumonia as a secondary cause.Any patient in coma has a high risk of developing orthostatic or aspiration pneumonia".
Another expert expressed surprise at the report saying it was abnormal.
"It looks funny because they didn't state the primary and secondary cause of death which is unlike the pathologist.This is not standard practice".
The Chief Medical Director of LASUTH explained that the deceased brain had yet to undergo tests.
He said "We are having a meeting tomorrow.Anybody that has all the symptoms exhibited (by Kolawole) like seizures,it has to be in the brain.The brain has been sent for toxicology.However,from experience,when you put tubes in the trachea for the patient to breathe,it could lead to an infection".[/b][/b]

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Lalasticala,please this is a follow up to the original report:
[url]www.nairaland.com/3934473/graduagraduate-dies-after-wrong-diagnosis
People need to know the update after the mother;LASUTH,shamelessly;and many commentators,heaped the blame on the doctor and Ikeja Medical Center for administering a drug,Haloperidol.
Some of us argued Ikeja Medical Center,the drug Haloperidol,and the Dr in particular blamed by the mother for Kolawole's death could not be held responsible and that LASUTH should cover its face in shame;for a tertiary hospital for whom the patient was appropriately referred,and where he spent almost 3months,including 2months in their ICU;heaping the death on his primary provider,where he spent 2weeks,on and off admission!