[b]Lagos government probes the case of Dr Vwaere who died in an elevator crash, colleagues boycott duties[b]

The General Hospital, Odan, Lagos Island on Tuesday, reported that Dr Vwaere Diaso died after a lift she was in crashed, according to the Lagos State chapter of the Nigerian Medical Association. Diaso was a medical officer undergoing training.

On Wednesday, the Lagos State Government said that a panel of investigation had been formed to investigate the circumstances surrounding the event. The government also vowed to punish anyone found to be at fault.

According to information received, Diaso was in the lift going to a dispatch rider to get lunch when the incident occurred.

She was taken to the hospital's emergency room where it was determined that she had passed away.

Following this, a protest rocked the hospital on Wednesday as her colleagues besieged the premises and grounded activities there.

The protesters carried placards with inscriptions such as, “I don’t want to die,” “Doctors’ lives matter,” “Justice for Vwaere,” “The system failed you, Diaso,” and “Here is Vwaere Diaso, she didn’t have to die for us to get it right.”

Diaso’s protesting colleagues shut the hospital’s main gate, the health service commission’s gate, and the Lagos Island Maternity Hospital’s gate.

They expressed displeasure over the death of their colleague while accusing the hospital management of negligence.

A patient, who was at the hospital for a check-up, told news reporters that the medical workers also refused to attend to patients as they were all grieving.

The patient who spoke on condition of anonymity, said, “I was at the hospital around 7 am. Nobody attended to us. Her colleagues began the protest around 9 am, moving around the hospital and paralysing activities. Other medical workers at the hospital also downed tools.”

Reacting, the NMA, in a statement by the state Chairman, Dr. Benjamin Olowojebutu, and Secretary, Ismail Ajibowo, directed all doctors working in the three government hospitals on Lagos Island to commence an indefinite strike.

“We direct all our doctors in the three government hospitals on the island to commence indefinite strike action until the investigations are completed and justice is served; we immediately direct our doctors in all the other government hospitals to scale down activities as a mark of respect for our dead colleague. Only emergency services should be rendered for the next five days,” the statement read in part.

Diaso’s colleague who spoke with one of our correspondents on condition of anonymity said the deceased only had two weeks to complete her horsemanship, adding that “on many occasions, the elevator had stopped while we were inside it.”

“We report every time. The elevator is supposed to carry 630kg maximum, that’s eight people. Once you open the elevator and see two people already, you just have to wait for the next batch. It was faulty and they knew about it. That’s why we’re not going to take this. She was a very diligent house officer. She was very hardworking,” he said.

Olumide Sogunle, the permanent secretary of the Ministry of Information and Strategy, said in a statement on Wednesday that the administration was startled to learn about the occurrence.

A team of representatives from the Lagos State Ministry of Health, Lagos State Health Service Commission, Lagos State Safety Commission, and licensed Lift and Vertical Transportation Equipment experts have started an investigation, according to Sogunle.

"The Lagos State Government will ensure that anyone found to have been negligent by the report of the inquiry will face appropriate sanctions."

Additionally, Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu expressed sympathy to the deceased's family.

The governor issued a statement via @jidesanwoolu on X, saying, "In light of this tragedy, I have taken immediate action to initiate a thorough investigation into the cause of the mechanical failure."


Source: https://ribdo.com/news/lagos-government-probes-the-case-of-dr-vwaere-who-died-in-an-elevator-crash-colleagues-boycott-duties

Tinubu and Lagos State govt. killed her everything about Tinubu is fake.
Bunch of hypocrites

I won't be surprised if the hospital comes up with a report dated a week or two ago indicating an assessment was done on the elevator and arrangements were in the works to get it serviced/fixed.

Nobody's gonna go down for this shit. That is the Nigeria we're in.