- A Nigerian man shared a distressing account of medical negligence at Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH).
- He reported that a patient in the bed next to him died due to complications from unauthorized feeding.
- The deceased patient had been advised against eating orally but was fed pap by his wife, with a nurse’s permission.
A Nigerian man has shared a deeply distressing account of alleged medical negligence that led to the death of a fellow patient at the Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH).
Using the social media handle @LaceVine on platform X (formerly known as Twitter), he recounted that a man in the hospital bed next to his lost his life due to complications following unauthorized feeding. According to the narration, the patient had been restricted from eating orally, yet a nurse reportedly allowed his wife to feed him pap a local corn-based meal.
Shortly after being fed, the patient reportedly began to struggle with breathing. Despite the wife’s repeated calls for assistance, the nurse on duty allegedly dismissed her concerns for around ten minutes. By the time the seriousness of the situation was acknowledged, it was already too late.
“During my stay at LUTH, the man in the bed next to mine died due to suffocation, which I believe was caused by a nurse’s negligence,” @LaceVine wrote. “He wasn’t cleared to eat, but the nurse permitted his wife to give him pap. He started having breathing problems, and when the wife sought help, the nurse initially ignored her.”
He added that after the delayed response, medical staff began scrambling for a suction catheter, which could not be found in time. Tragically, the patient died in front of him.
Further compounding the issue, @LaceVine alleged that when the deceased man’s family arrived, nurses and even the matron on duty quickly changed out of their uniforms and disappeared from the ward.
His emotional post resonated with many users online, prompting widespread criticism and personal stories from others who claim to have experienced similar instances of medical negligence in Nigerian hospitals.
See screenshot of post below:
See some reactions below:
@EazyEphraim: “If you get admitted in a teaching hospital and comeback alive…you need to be thankful.”
@Topmobile_: “Our nurses in the north are different. They are always kind , soft spoken and willing to help.”
@DADASUPREMACY4: “It usually feels like they are forcing themselves nurses to work. The amount of people that have died through their negligence ehn. Just take of your health ooo if you end up in these people hospital there is 50-50 chances you make it.”
@De_Moshood: “Some people’s Uncles, family members, and others are all the people working at these places and I have experienced firsthand how cruel most staffs of federal medical centers could be. Even when the government tries to reform the system, they’ll thwart the efforts.”
@_igbalodeEngr: “I don’t pray for my enemy to experience the sorry state of the Niegrian general hospitals, from the poor service delivery to dilapidated structures/facilities to the financial burden, had my fare share of it but Kashamadupe.”
@Muhamme07774883: “Nigeria health care provider is just too poor and mannerless. Similar experience to the lost of my wife at BD hospital Kaduna 2022. I wished I had succeeded catch d nurse when I went after her immediately my wife gave up to ghost due to her reluctantly respond to our attention.”
