The Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, has disclosed that his first grandchild died at a federal government hospital in 2019.
Akpabio made the disclosure on Friday during the screening of the Lagos state ministerial nominee, Dr Tunji Alausa.
Akpabio said that he lost his grandchild to medical negligence and dereliction of duty at a federal medical centre.
According to him, the deceased bled to death after the drip he received finished in the middle of the night, and no medical worker was around to attend to him.
His words:
LIKE EVERY OTHER PERSON, I HAVE BEEN A VICTIM OF MEDICAL NEGLECT. I LOST MY FIRST GRANDCHILD IN 2019 IN A FEDERAL MEDICAL CENTRE.
HE DIED THROUGH BLEEDING. HE WAS RECEIVING DRIP AND IT WAS TISSUED IN THE NIGHT. THERE WAS NO HELP, NO DOCTOR, NO NURSE.
HE BLED UNTIL HE LOST OVER 60 PERCENT OF HIS BLOOD AND WAS ALMOST GOING MENTAL, HE STRUGGLED AND FELL ON THE FLOOR., HE WAS LOOKING FOR WATER TO DRINK.
HE ROLLED ON THE FLOOR OUTSIDE AND ENTERED THE EARLY MORNING DEW, AND POURED THE DEW ALL OVER HIS BODY, AND THAT WAS WHERE THEY FOUND HIM.
