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Breaking:NMA Declares Indefinite Strike Over Death Of Doctor In Lagos Hospital

The Lagos State Chapter of the Nigeria Medical Association (NMA), on Wednesday, declared an indefinite strike over the death of their colleague, Dr Diaso Vwaere, a medical house officer.

 

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Recall that Dr Vwaere died as a result of injuries sustained when she was trapped in an elevator at the Lagos General Hospital for more than 40 minutes.

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In a statement signed by its Chairman and Secretary, Dr. Benjamin Olowojebutu and  Dr Ismail Ajibowo, respectively, NMA declared a 5-day statewide mourning over Vwaere’s death.

 

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The association called on all doctors in the three State Hospitals to commence indefinite strike, while demanding an investigation and justice for their deceased colleague.

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Read the full statement below:

 

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NMA LAGOS PRESS RELEASE

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The NMA Lagos State received with rude shock the death of one of our members, Dr Diaso Vwaere, a medical house officer, whose death occurred as a result of injuries sustained when the elevator she was in crashed. This is heartbreaking, heart wrenching and quite unfortunate. We commiserate with her immediate family, her colleagues on the island, Medical Guild, and all body of doctors in Lagos State.

Information we got was that she was trapped in the elevator for more than 40mins before she was rescued.

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We were also reliably informed that there was no blood available for resuscitation, and this has become a recurring issue as a result of the review made by government on the previous policy on blood donation.

To us, this was an avoidable death and it’s unfortunate that it was allowed to happen.

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We are pained and we are mourning. We are well aware that this same elevator has been a source of problem for many years during which several complaints have been made to all relevant agencies with no respite.

It is very painful that at a time when the country is battling with unprecedented brain drain, a young colleague that would have been expected to attend to 6000 Nigerians was allowed to die a needless death.

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As a result of this, NMA Lagos State is hereby making the following
pronouncements:

1. We declare a 5 day statewide mourning period;

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2. That we demand an immediate, unbiased investigation into the circumstances surrounding this unfortunate incident;

3. That all those found culpable in this matter, especially the General Manager of the Lagos State Infrastructure Management Agency, Ms Adenike Adekambi, are all brought to Justice.

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