The National Assembly has been asked to probe the death of Mrs Lydia Idowu Adedipe said to have been subjected to unprofessional medical attention by officials of the country’s premier University Teaching College, Ibadan.
The call was made on Friday in a statement issued by the Nigerian Human Rights Community, NHRC.
In the statement signed by its official, Olubodun Alao, the group said family sources disclosed that medical workers at UCH watched Mrs Adedipe die in pain on Wednesday, March 28, failing to provide the necessary medicare at least to prolong her life.
Adedipe died was said to have died of ovarian cancer, a terminal disease but according to the group, she was subjected to unnecessary cultural, psychological and financial exploitation by the medical staff.
The group said after paying millions of naira, she was kept in a filthy ward and subjected to treatments that fell short of dignity.
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The Nigerian Human Rights Community, NHRC at the weekend said the UCH had continued to be undertaker of many deaths.
The group said many people were dying at UCH due to many factors the chief being the loss of humanity in the medical staff which is far more than the lack of equipment which is also a real problem.
The NHRC, established in 2007, is a coalition of 135 civil society and community based groups spread across the country.
“Today’s UCH lack water, no light, no lift with a highly unhygienic environment where patients are risk of communicable diseases,” the group said.
“We call on the National Assembly to probe the circumstances surrounding the death of Mrs. Adedipe. Families and relatives watched her die while the staff did not show any empathy undermining the core principles of medical ethics. Her death could have been avoided if the right thing was done,” the group added.
