Gombe Hospital Rejects Kidney Removal Allegation, Cites Medical Evidence
GOMBE, Nigeria – The management of the State Specialist Hospital in Gombe has denied allegations that doctors removed a patient’s kidney during an emergency…
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Medical Negligence
Adichie Accuses Hospital Over Son’s Death Probe
LAGOS, Nigeria – Award-winning Nigerian author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie has accused Euracare Multi-Specialist Hospital in Lagos of frustrating a coroner’s inquest into the death…
Scalpel Of Death: The Surgery That Promised Healing — And the Questions That Followed a Young Woman’s Final Days
LAGOS, Nigeria – When Blessing Okolie walked into a Lagos hospital for surgery to remove fibroids, her family believed they were taking a step…
Doctors Suspended as Hospital Defends Care in Toddler Death Probe
LAGOS, Nigeria – Euracare Multi-Specialist Hospital says it stands by the professional conduct of three doctors placed on interim suspension over the death of…
When Care Kills: Inside Nigeria’s Medical Negligence Crisis Where Even the Privileged Are Not Safe
ABUJA, Nigeria – On paper, hospitals exist to heal. In reality, for thousands of Nigerians each year, they have become sites of irreversible loss.…
Euracare Launches Probe as Adichie Alleges Negligence in Son’s Death
LAGOS, Nigeria — Euracare Hospital launches an internal investigation following the death of Nkanu Nnamdi, the son of renowned Nigerian writer Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie,…
Chimamanda Alleges Medical Negligence in Son’s Death
LAGOS, Nigeria – Renowned Nigerian author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie has alleged medical negligence in the circumstances surrounding the death of her 21-month-old son, Nkanu…
Pregnant Woman Dies After Hospital Rejects Transfer Payment
KATSINA, Nigeria – A pregnant woman, identified as Aisha Najamu, has died at the Turai Umaru Musa Yar’adua Maternity and Children Hospital in Katsina…