Lagos Island General Hospital, Odan, faces accusations of negligence and potential embezzlement after a medical doctor, Dr. Vwaere Diaso, tragically fell to her death from a malfunctioning elevator on the hospital premises, prompting outrage and calls for accountability on social media.
The deceased, a Babcock University graduate with just two weeks left to complete her housemanship, lost her life in the incident, which has sparked concerns about the hospital’s management and safety practices.
Netizens have started sharing their own experiences, revealing long-standing complaints about the faulty elevator that were allegedly ignored by the hospital management, leading to frustrations and threats of license suspension for those who spoke out.
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According to Twitter user, Big Amara, the deceased, Dr. Vwaere Diaso, a Babcock University graduate who had two weeks left to complete her housemanship, fell to her death after the elevator she was in was said to have dropped from the 10th floor of the building.
Amara tweeted: “A doctor who had just 2 weeks to complete her housemanship just died in a general hospital(Odan, Lagos island) due to poor management and negligence!!! The elevator she was in, fell from the 10th floor to the ground! The video was so painful to watch.”
One Olanrewaju Aiyepola sharing a video of the scene wrote: Particularly aggrieved because we’ve complained for a long time about this elevator. We’ve maneuvered, managed, and prayed each time we had to use it. Empty promises will be made to fix it….till it killed one of us.
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Kiky Festus who visited a friend there also tweeted: I’m so angry cause they have been complaining about this elevator for years. Even when I go visit my friend more than 2 people can’t go in it and if it stops at the 6th floor you have to use your hands to close it yourself and step back behind a line to even out your weight.
“All she wanted to do was get her food from a dispatcher downstairs It even took them an hour to get her out of the elevator She was still conscious even with fractures, she was taken to emergency and then another delay, no blood. This country failed her.”