A 32-year-old pregnant woman and mother of two, Mrs Elo Onome did not live to tell her story. ‘When on Sunday, November 25, 2012, she was rushed to the Central Hospital, Ughelli, Delta State from another government hospital in Otu-Jeremi following complications in her pregnancy, she thought she would live. But there was no consultant on duty at the Central Hospital to handle her case consequent upon which she was referred to a private clinic, also at Ughelli.
Mrs Onome was delivered of a dead baby at the private clinic which now referred her to the Central Hospital, Warri, following more complications in her case. But the woman did not make it to Warri. She died on the way. The husband says his wife would have lived if she had received prompt medical attention at Ughelli Central Hospital.
The bereaved husband, Mr. Joseph Onome, a businessman, narrated the circumstances that led to the death of his wife: “I know that my wife would not have died if there were medical experts at the Ughelli Central Hospital to attend to her when we came. We were referred from Otu-Jeremi General Hospital, where the lackadaisical attitude started and complications cropped up to the Central Hospital, Ughelli, where we met no consultant to handle her case
“Specifically, I was told by a student doctor that the consultants had travelled for the weekend and there was no qualified medical personnel to attend to us. That was why we were referred to a private clinic. I never planned taking my wife to a private clinic, but, because of the situation, I did that and, from there again, I was referred to the Central Hospital, Warri. My wife could not make it, she died on the way because people, who were supposed to on duty, were not on duty in a government hospital”. Culled from The Vanguard
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