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Re: Adichie Releases Account of Son’s Death, Accuses Euracare Hospital of Negligence by frog12: 8:23pm On Jan 10
Na soo beautiful edifices does not make quality care.
In the middle of treatment, dem go dey charge you.
dem go suspend treatment if money no complete. right in the middle of treatment shocked

InvertedHammer:
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A trip to any Nigerian hospital is a close shave with death. Nigerians believe more in "packaging" than professionalism. Beautiful edifices alone do not make a good hospital. Nigeria happened to her and her family. Propofol shouldn't be administered to anyone not on mechanical ventilation. If and when used, it is prior to immediate intubation preparatory for artificial ventilation.

Like I always point out, there is a reason why there are more than 20 mortuaries along the highway from Okigwe - Port-Harcourt. Death seems more profitable than saving lives.

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Re: Adichie Releases Account of Son’s Death, Accuses Euracare Hospital of Negligence by ElevationD: 8:30pm On Jan 10
peleson1:
Pls how many kids do they v now?
They have one left. They were twins. Now they have the other one left.
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Re: Adichie Releases Account of Son’s Death, Accuses Euracare Hospital of Negligence by ultraviolet27(f): 8:33pm On Jan 10
APCNig:
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If I tell you that this unfortunate incident can never happen in any of the General Hospitals in Lagos, you will think I am just boastful, but that is the truth. It's so sad, private hospitals are just greedy unqualified thieves extorting the people
It happens also in government hospitals didn't my friend half sister die of complications after fibroid surgery in general hospital in Ibadan? even I have read here of several people dying in an emergency case when not being attended to early in teaching hospitals!!
Re: Adichie Releases Account of Son’s Death, Accuses Euracare Hospital of Negligence by Father4all: 8:58pm On Jan 10
joseph1832:
Well, all I can say is, Nigeria didn't happen to you, Ms Adichie, one idiot let his nonchalant attitude happen to you. So, sue him and the hospital.
. The one idiot lives in Nigeria, working in Nigeria too. So, Nigeria happend to them
Re: Adichie Releases Account of Son’s Death, Accuses Euracare Hospital of Negligence by blaise26abj(m): 9:03pm On Jan 10
This is so sad ! Dear Lord please console the family .
Re: Adichie Releases Account of Son’s Death, Accuses Euracare Hospital of Negligence by spiceadole(f): 9:07pm On Jan 10
Flangelo12:
Quack.
No need engaging you.
You are not a medical doctor so you don't understand the ethics of the profession
Re: Adichie Releases Account of Son’s Death, Accuses Euracare Hospital of Negligence by CashVessel(m): 9:11pm On Jan 10
Re: Adichie Releases Account of Son’s Death, Accuses Euracare Hospital of Negligence by Camberlo(m): 9:13pm On Jan 10
So sorry sister 😞

But take it as an act of God and don't allow the anesthesiologist lost his/her job because of your case.

May God comfort you in this trying moment.

I lost a twin babies on the 10 of December and it was devastating and sad to me and the mother 😭
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Re: Adichie Releases Account of Son’s Death, Accuses Euracare Hospital of Negligence by JuanDeDios: 9:37pm On Jan 10
Re: Adichie Releases Account of Son’s Death, Accuses Euracare Hospital of Negligence by Berankis: 9:42pm On Jan 10
Carelessness is another weakness we have in this country after corruption. If that Anaesthesiologist has had previous overdosing issues, while continue to keep in the hospital?
So much negligence. We are far from being developed in this country. No wonder we were referred to as third world country.
I saw an incident yesterday where an Okada Rider (from the North I believe) probably had an accident and was on the ground covered in dust and struggling for his life. A lot of people (over 20) gathered around him and we're just looking and discussing. On my way back same route, that young boy had passed away and his lifeless body still on the same spot while all the bystanders all ran away.
How is this country not a 3rd world country? How are we not a 3rd world or last world people?
Re: Adichie Releases Account of Son’s Death, Accuses Euracare Hospital of Negligence by Flangelo12: 9:56pm On Jan 10
spiceadole:
No need engaging you.
You are not a medical doctor so you don't understand the ethics of the profession
There is no ethic that stops you from treating your child.

You can claim if it's not your specialisation you avoid treating but claiming its out of ethics.

Quack.
Re: Adichie Releases Account of Son’s Death, Accuses Euracare Hospital of Negligence by Switruth: 10:02pm On Jan 10
Never you allow that lumbar puncture to be conducted on your child in a Nigerian hospital no matter how sophisticated they seem...I refused it to be done on my child...
Re: Adichie Releases Account of Son’s Death, Accuses Euracare Hospital of Negligence by delpee(f): 10:09pm On Jan 10
frog12:
all these kwe kwe new hospitals in Lekki. she went to the wrong hospitals.
there are top class hospitals there like duchess and reddington.

even those ones have kwekwe doctors. nigerian young doctors are just too careless.
Same Nigerian doctors are well appreciated abroad. Maybe our best hands have relocated.

Duchess could have been better truly.

May God comfort Chimamanda and family.
Re: Adichie Releases Account of Son’s Death, Accuses Euracare Hospital of Negligence by Judolisco(m): 10:14pm On Jan 10
MerchantMNT:
Not necessarily.

I had an unfortunate experience at Randle hospital, Surulere, in 2018. Someone with a gunshot wound was unattended to until he died
what was the reason they gave?
Re: Adichie Releases Account of Son’s Death, Accuses Euracare Hospital of Negligence by AuthegaPRIMUS(m): 10:30pm On Jan 10
Re: Adichie Releases Account of Son’s Death, Accuses Euracare Hospital of Negligence by Flangelo12: 10:32pm On Jan 10
spiceadole:
No need engaging you.
You are not a medical doctor so you don't understand the ethics of the profession
In the United States, it is perfectly legal to treat family members. There’s no law that states that you can’t even treat yourself. I will give you an analogy, if your car mechanic can work on his own car then as a physician, why can’t you work on yourself or your family. Who knows more than you than you do. Obviously there are restrictions, but they are mainly based on controlled substances. You cannot prescribe narcotics to family members or yourself. But if you want to prescribe an antibiotic or a blood pressure medication, there’s nothing wrong with that. They do require that you keep medical records like you do for any other individual though. I have found, though that younger physicians tend not to do this as much as older physicians. I’m not sure why this is.
Re: Adichie Releases Account of Son’s Death, Accuses Euracare Hospital of Negligence by fxexperts: 10:53pm On Jan 10
zed7:
It's painful to lose a loved one, take heart. I know how angry she is, but know that some things are unexplainable.

It may seem like neglect, but somethings are unexplainable. Don't dwell on it so much.
Easy for you to say no wonder your country has always remain a shithole.

muyico:
If God want him alive
He will not die
What a dumb way of thinking. Same thinking killing the shithole country.
Re: Adichie Releases Account of Son’s Death, Accuses Euracare Hospital of Negligence by Lamanii22(f): 10:54pm On Jan 10
peleson1:
JESUS
WHAT!!!


But that anesthesiologist is a very unprofessional person ,what nonsense

But una just too do na !!

Haba just topikin wey dey experience weather change u go just give better paracetamol and follow him up with Sunday Sunday medicine and ort naim una dey do all these orid
Orshirishi produce?!!

Una follow cause... Over sabi Americana ..


Pls don't say I can never survive the lost of ur son .. God will give u another one n better ones pls we care about you so much
My thoughts exactly, whatever happened to paracetamol, and probably a lab test to know the cause of cold except the lil boy already has an underlying condition even at that it shouldn't reach the level of propofol ani whatever that is.
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Re: Adichie Releases Account of Son’s Death, Accuses Euracare Hospital of Negligence by fxexperts: 10:55pm On Jan 10
APCNig:
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Doctors earn more than other professionals all over the world, yet they are always on stike from Nigeria to Uk, from US to Germany. They are just a set of greedy humans. When doctors run away from Nigeria as you rightly posted, they should run with their parents, their siblings, their relatives and friends, because it is only Juju and Voodoo "doctors" will left to treat their sick family members. What goes around, comes around
If you were in their shoes so you will not run too. You will use yourself as a sacrificial lamb, abi. Even when you cannot feed your family or pay your own rent because of what you are, Jesus abi.

thecommunist:
I thought she is a US citizen or at least a green card holder, wondering why they choose a Nigerian hospital . My condolences to them .
So she cannot holiday in her home country again? and if the child falls sick here they cannot seek medical help in Nigerian hospital again?
Re: Adichie Releases Account of Son’s Death, Accuses Euracare Hospital of Negligence by fxexperts: 10:59pm On Jan 10
Camberlo:
So sorry sister 😞

But take it as an act of God and don't allow the anesthesiologist lost his/her job because of your case.

May God comfort you in this trying moment.

I lost a twin babies on the 10 of December and it was devastating and sad to me and the mother 😭
So that the anesthesiologist can go ahead to kill more Children abi. you see people like you are the real problem of this country. Your mentality is what has enthroned mediocracy and incompetence even in a very sensitive field like medicine abi. Oga, you need to see a psychiatrist.
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Re: Adichie Releases Account of Son’s Death, Accuses Euracare Hospital of Negligence by fxexperts: 11:01pm On Jan 10
Flangelo12:
There is no ethic that stops you from treating your child.

You can claim if it's not your specialisation you avoid treating but claiming its out of ethics.

Quack.
So you wanted him to just jump into the theater of another mans hosiptal where he is not a staff to start treating someone even though the person is his child abi. some of una sabi cap rubbish shall.

thesicilian:
It's a very sad situation to be in, losing one's child.

From everything she's saying, it seems there's someone working in the hospital feeding them with inside information which may or may not be correct.

The child's death could be due to negligence on the part of the hospital, he could also still have died if it was in the US. Only an autopsy can save that anaesthesiologist now.
Wrong bro. the hospital is damn wrong. and incompetency runs deep in our hospitals.
Re: Adichie Releases Account of Son’s Death, Accuses Euracare Hospital of Negligence by Deepsky(m): 11:36pm On Jan 10
Almost the same way I love my dear sister.
She was stable till we were referred to the so called best hospital
... Just few minutes after the so called cardiologist injected her she started having seizures and died.
So unfortunate.
Re: Adichie Releases Account of Son’s Death, Accuses Euracare Hospital of Negligence by Kaczynski: 12:36am On Jan 11
folake4u:
This is really sad.

Many people usually say "Have money and you'd enjoy Nigeria" but even the rich aren't left out.

My condolences to her. It is not easy to lose a loved one, particularly one's child.
Everyone has their own issues no matter how rich or poor they are.


In fact its the rich ones that are battling the most issues such as depression, anxiety, ptsd, low self esteem etc.
Re: Adichie Releases Account of Son’s Death, Accuses Euracare Hospital of Negligence by psalmsjob: 12:56am On Jan 11
PotatoSalad:
Same thing everytime. Naija.
All the good medical personnels have left this godforsaken country. The remaining ones are using people as lab subjects.

Just hope you do not have a critical hospital emergency in Nigeria now. You won't even survive to pay tax.
Your leaders don't want to put doctors and medical staff first, now everyone's leaving and they still don't care.
Enjoy what you have left.
It's not matter of the good doctors have left Nigeria the truth is they are not all good doctors the so-called good doctors in Nigeria who were fortunate to travel out to get properly trained abroad while the rest remain here to practice their licensed quackery.

The problem is the educational system it's more theory based and fantastically corrupt system where people buy their way through school for grades and certifications that they can't defend. Everything is based on padi padi nobody is accountable or want to be accountable.
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Re: Adichie Releases Account of Son’s Death, Accuses Euracare Hospital of Negligence by nairalanda1(m): 2:24am On Jan 11
Flangelo12:
There is no ethic that stops you from treating your child.

You can claim if it's not your specialisation you avoid treating but claiming its out of ethics.

Quack.
1. Dude, she's right
2..When you disagree with someone , you should not be so abusive man.

3. So.why don't we treat our family members

Have you ever had any one of your kids seriously I'll? Or relative?. How did you feel? Emotionally wrought no doubt

That is why a doctor cannot treat their family member. Best to have a colleague with no emotional attachment do the job. That's best practice. Being emotionally involved can lead to mistakes

I am also reporting you for abusive language . You have no right to call someone names for no good reason
Re: Adichie Releases Account of Son’s Death, Accuses Euracare Hospital of Negligence by SmileDance(f): 2:39am On Jan 11
LordIsaac:
Pray you are not "responsible" for some people's welfare at any level, they can end your existence. The rich can be very brutal o.
Most of them lack empathy, it's just human nature and it's common among the rich because they have the resources to end someone's existence
Re: Adichie Releases Account of Son’s Death, Accuses Euracare Hospital of Negligence by Nimen(m): 5:18am On Jan 11
Flangelo12:
Isn't her husband a medical doctor?
If he is nko? He should scrub in in another man's hospital?
Re: Adichie Releases Account of Son’s Death, Accuses Euracare Hospital of Negligence by Guyman02: 7:03am On Jan 11
ElevationD:
That freestuff guy can now see clearly what happened. Hopefully he can redeem himself after that his comment a couple of days ago over the matter.

We have negligent medical personnel all over the world. However our case in our country needs special attention. Just imagine trusting a baby in the precarious situation, in a very costly private clinic, then negligence on the part of the personnel cost the child’s life.

For some couples, it is easy to have children naturally. When they lose their children, the easily replace despite their pain. For those who pass through any form of assisted conception, the loss of the baby is a far worse pain. This couple passes through a very heavy pain, seeing their struggles end just like that.

May they be comforted.
It's a really terrible situation for any couple with conception challenges to lose a precious child. May God comfort them 🙏
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Re: Adichie Releases Account of Son’s Death, Accuses Euracare Hospital of Negligence by Nobody: 7:34am On Jan 11
This was a high drama!
I sympathise with Ms Adichi for her loss, but she loves drama, that's simple!

septicaemia is a bread and butter of medical practice in Nigeria.
Why would use ask that a one year old with sepsis should undergo an MRI for sepsis to ri olorun and why would you put him on propofol anaesthesia because of co-operation with MRI. Certain procedures are very unnecessary.

She should have just consulted a bread-and-butter peadiatrician rather than going to a hospital that is just marketing their name. Lumbar puncture for CSF for both virus and bacteria, blood culture, throat swab and a common xray would have done the magic in this case rather attempting to do a cranial MRI for a one year old - to achieve what exactly?

I am sorry for her loss once again but she should not spoil Nigeria's name with this bad news. The point is according to the CBN, medical tourism is reducing with more Nigerians choosing to assess healthcare at home (does Adichi have a plan with Axamansard for example?). Far more and more Nigerians are assessing healthcare in Nigeria and foreigners have started coming back to assess care in Nigeria. Chimamanda should please mourn privately, let alone the child name sounded Nmandi Kanu-ish.
Newsgeek24:
https://verynigerian.com/chimamanda-adichie-accuses-euracare-hospital-anesthesiologist-of-negligence-in-sons-death/
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Re: Adichie Releases Account of Son’s Death, Accuses Euracare Hospital of Negligence by Druss(m): 7:43am On Jan 11
Camberlo:
So sorry sister 😞

But take it as an act of God and don't allow the anesthesiologist lost his/her job because of your case.

May God comfort you in this trying moment.

I lost a twin babies on the 10 of December and it was devastating and sad to me and the mother 😭
Act of GOD? Sorry about your loss but your post is foolish. That person must lose their job for their incompetence.
Re: Adichie Releases Account of Son’s Death, Accuses Euracare Hospital of Negligence by vicfajeze: 7:52am On Jan 11
APCNig:
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What happened to you? Togo or Ghana?
Ghanaian him be sir
Re: Adichie Releases Account of Son’s Death, Accuses Euracare Hospital of Negligence by nairalanda1(m): 8:19am On Jan 11
Tunaji:
This was a high drama!
I sympathise with Ms Adichi for her loss, but she loves drama, that's simple!

septicaemia is a bread and butter of medical practice in Nigeria.
Why would use ask that a one year old with sepsis should undergo an MRI for sepsis to ri olorun and why would you put him on propofol anaesthesia because of co-operation with MRI. Certain procedures are very unnecessary.

She should have just consulted a bread-and-butter peadiatrician rather than going to a hospital that is just marketing their name. Lumbar puncture for CSF for both virus and bacteria, blood culture, throat swab and a common xray would have done the magic in this case rather attempting to do a cranial MRI for a one year old - to achieve what exactly?

I am sorry for her loss once again but she should not spoil Nigeria's name with this bad news. The point is according to the CBN, medical tourism is reducing with more Nigerians choosing to assess healthcare at home (does Adichi have a plan with Axamansard for example?). Far more and more Nigerians are assessing healthcare in Nigeria and foreigners have started coming back to assess care in Nigeria. Chimamanda should please mourn privately, let alone the child name sounded Nmandi Kanu-ish.
1. MRI may be useful in identifying the source of the sepsis. It was Johns Hopkins in the US that requested for it, and yes it makes plenty of sense
2. They administered propofol because the child was being anaesthetized for a central line insertion. Which ( having had one myself in the past) can be a bit uncomfortable in a full grown ass adult, talk less of a child.
3. There was a plan also to do lumbar puncture as well
4. Regardless it must be pointed out that sepsis is a rapid killer in adults, talk less children whose immune system is still developing.
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