More facts have emerged on how a 200-Level Theatre Art
and Film Study student of the University of Port Harcourt
(UNIPORT), Miss Precious Kelechi, died mysteriously on
Monday.
Her room-mate, Kainti Dauebimoere Chant’elle, revealed
how her close friend slumped in the hostel bathroom and
died after the deceased was rejected by the UNIPORT
Teaching Hospital (UPTH).
Kainti, a 300-Level Theatre Art and Film Study student and
the deceased bedmate, narrated: “Precious and I woke up
almost at the same time on Monday at 5m. She left the
room to have her bath. A few minutes after, I heard her
screaming. I ran to the bathroom to know what was wrong
with her, but I saw her on the floor, shivering.
“I rushed back to call other roommates. We got a car at
5:45am to take her to UPTH. When we got to Accident and
Emergency section, doctors on duty told us there was no
bed space. Our plea to the doctors to admit her fell on deaf
ears. Precious was rejected.
“We left for Fountain Hospital in Ozuoba area. The doctor on
duty told us to inform her parents and advised we should
take her back to the UPTH. When we told the doctor she was
rejected at UPTH, he directed us to Ebonyi Hospital, where
Precious was also refused admission.”
Kainti said: “Then, we rushed her to military hospital, where
she was confirmed dead. We were advised to make
statement at the Choba Police station, after which the body
was taken to UPTH mortuary. The same UPTH management,
which said there was no space to accommodate the
distressed students, accepted her corpse in their mortuary.”
Kainti said her friend died because she could not be
admitted for medical attention.
When the news hit the campus, the students, led by the
president of Students’ Union Government (SUG), Endwell
Chuku, abandoned lecture and blocked the popular East-
West Highway to protest Precious’ death.
They accused the UPTH management of complicity in the
death of the late student, criticising the hospital for rejecting
a student of the university.
The UPTH Chief Medical Director (CMD), Prof Aaron Ojule,
said there was no space when the victim was brought to the
hospital, noting that the hospital could not have willfully
rejected the late student.
He said: “We did not reject the late student. We cannot reject
anybody, not to talk of the student UNIPORT. But, when the
wards are filled, we cannot ask patients to come down from
the bed to accept another. We sympathised with the
deceased’s family and the university.”
Meanwhile, normalcy has returned to the campus as
students returned to classrooms. The union advised the
management to reach agreement with the Teaching Hospital
to give students in distress a preferential service anytime
they go to the hospital.
The Nation
Nigeria
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Sad story

Upth na una know

What nonsense? Dem suppose cane those doctors on duty

stupid excuse

Wats d name of this movie ?

Same way I lost a friend! From hospital to the other. SMH!

jbazic:
Wats d name of this movie ?

Does it look like a joke to u if u hav notin sensible to say den u shut up.......i just lost a frnd

Everyday lives are lost to negligence then some idiots will say it's the devil's handiwork mtcheew

Ah no read am

G

Rip to the dead!
All is well!!!

jbazic:
Wats d name of this movie ?

You are very -stuupid, i hope one day you dont die and a mindless idiott like ypu makes a stuupid comment like this

jbazic:
Wats d name of this movie ?

U Sir is filled with high grade stupidity.

Nigeria a country where things pertaining to life are taken for granted

Danrizzle:
She was my cousin.
#Godblesskel'ssoul

are u from mbano?

jbazic:
Wats d name of this movie ?

Your fada nyash idiot.... If to say na ur sister die u no go get tym to post dis crap..... Big FOOL

lygn19:
are u from mbano?

Mbaise

R I.P to d dead...buh dz issue of negligence z really damaging things

jbazic:
Wats d name of this movie ?

SMH...ur surname must be fool...people like u ar d reason y we ar still underdeveloped

jbazic:
Wats d name of this movie ?

u don't av common sense. don't worry, u will watch d whole season of d movie if or sister dies, dats even if u av one...
FOOL

how can a human being be rejected to death ,then accepted in death.rest in peace

..where there is no pain nor rejection

Danrizzle:
She was my cousin.
#Godblesskel'ssoul

Chai, take heart dear.
May her soul rest in peace. It's just so sad that they had the opportunity to save her life but didn't. Very sad

Sorry about your loss dear.

But they didn't have space. What could they have done? Treat her on the floor?
Blame the lack of facilities and not the hospital itself.

But come to think of it, why is it called accident and emergency unit? The idea of that unit shld be to cater for Emergency situation before transferring to a ward. Anyways RIP to the dead. No space is not an excuse at all.

jbazic:
Wats d name of this movie ?

you are a cretinous foool,how could you be so inhumane

jbazic:
Wats d name of this movie ?

How old r U?

SMH 4 U

It is way past time that the Govt looks into this idea of hospitals rejecting emergency victims!
The least they could have done was stabilise her even if it was on a gurney before referring her to another hospital!
If na their family member now, they will remember dt there is a private section in the hospital.

May she RiP.

Teaching Hospital for that matter!

RemyMartins:
But come to think of it, why is it called accident and emergency unit? The idea of that unit shld be to cater for Emergency situation before transferring to a ward. Anyways RIP to the dead. No space is not an excuse at all.

cococandy:
Sorry about your loss dear.
But they didn't have space. What could they have done? Treat her on the floor?
Blame the lack of facilities and not the hospital itself.

RemyMartins:
But come to think of it, why is it called accident and emergency unit? The idea of that unit shld be to cater for Emergency situation before transferring to a ward. Anyways RIP to the dead. No space is not an excuse at all.

treating her even in the toilet is better than she been accepted in the morgue

Behira:
Does it look like a joke to u if u hav notin sensible to say den u shut up.......i just lost a frnd

4 real??

Temihatz:

How old r U?
SMH 4 U

hehe u go soon snap ur finger 4 me

majalisa:
you are a cretinous foool,how could you be so inhumane

Kpooo! if i catch u