Family accuses Abuja hospital of negligence in death of asthma patient

The family and friends of a deceased biker, Abdulhafiz Abdulaziz, 50, has accused Mayfield Specialist Hospital in Abuja of negligence in his untimely death.

Abdulaziz reportedly was involved in an accident while commuting on his bike on Sunday, July 2, 2023. Another bike reportedly rammed into him and he sustained a broken wrist.

He was reportedly rushed to the hospital, where the sum of N200,000 was reportedly demanded before they could attend to him. The money was hurriedly paid, according to the family members.

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Abdulhafiz Abdulaziz dies in Abuja
The late Abdulhafiz Abdulaziz

Abdulhafiz reportedly was talking and providing necessary information to hospital staff until he suddenly had an asthmatic attack while at the hospital.

Unfortunately, when they searched him, the inhaler on him had finished.

The family members of the deceased claimed that the hospital was unable to provide another inhaler or oxygen to enable him come out of the crisis.

They alleged that the deceased died as a result of this negligence and not because of the minor injury he sustained in the bike accident that took him to the hospital.

They further alleged that the hospital is still claiming that it was being owed N1000 despite collecting N200,000 as a deposit and not rendering meaningful assistance to the deceased.

Efforts to get the official reaction of the hospital proved abortive as a message sent to them on their official channel has not been responded to as of the time of filing this report.

Listen to the account of the family of the deceased here.
https://microsecondnews.com/index.php/2023/07/03/family-accuse-abuja-hospital-of-negligence-in-death-of-asthma-patient/

There needs to be stronger regulation of medical practice in Nigeria. There should be a place these aggrieved family and friends of the deceased can go for redress that wont cost them additional money, where the issues will be thoroughly probed and culprit(s) punished accordingly. The new govt should look in this direction. We cannot continue to waste lives needlessly like this. This was somebody's husband, father, son, uncle etc. They are now in grief. Sad.