Man Tackles Hospital For Killing His Wife & Baby

A 46-year-old tipper driver, Yesiru Ajayi, ha blamed a private hospital, Iyaniwura Medical Centre, for the death of his pregnant wife while conducting an operation on her.

The incident which took place in the Mowe area of Ogun State occurred on the 25th of October, 2013.

According to Mr. Ajayi, his wife Rashidat was initially registered with the Sagamu General Hospital but due to the doctor's strike, he had to resgister her at the private hospital where she had undergone two different scans and was allegedly told by the clinic that all was well.

Trouble started two weeks before her death, when Rashidat who was past her expected date of delivery started complaining of pains all over her body and was taken to the hospital

“She told me it was not labour pain. After she saw the doctor, he told her to come back on Friday (last week). He said if she still did not feel any labour pain, that he would give her a drug to induce labour."

On the appointed day, his wife went to the hospital by 9am while he went to work. Getting there by 8pm, his wife was still in the labour room complaining of severe pains. He was later asked to sign some papers so they could carry out an operation on her and after a while, the doctor later called him to say that she did not make it.

He alleged that his wife’s death was caused by the drug she was given to induce labour. He also said the baby girl,  whom the doctors delivered, was still alive when he saw her. However, a few moments later, he observed a nurse blocking the baby’s nose, saying she had died.

Commotion ensued as relatives of the deceased fought with the doctors and nurses, when the hospital management allegedly demanded the payment of N156,000 from the father of four, before the corpse would be released to them.

The Medical Director of Iyaniwura Medical Centre, was said to have travelled to Abeokuta when journalist called at the hospital at Ogunjobi Falana Close, Mowe. However, a doctor on duty, Ogechukwu Nnarom, dismissed the claim that the hospital was not competent to perform the surgery. He said the problem was that she had had many children, so her uterus had expanded and she started bleeding because her uterus ruptured and the surgery was meant to save her life not bring out the baby.

Nnarom made no mention of any drug given to Rashidat to induce labour. He also made no mention of the money demanded by the hospital before the corpse would be released