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Empty oxygen tank: Report indicts medical workers for death of two-year-old
Some medical personnel at the Ikorodu General Hospital, Lagos State, have been found complicit in the death of a sick two-year-old boy, Christopher Mike-Ozugha.
PUNCH Metro learnt that a panel set up to investigate an allegation bordering on professional negligence raised by Christopher’s parents indicted the workers in its report.
It was learnt that the panel comprised directors from the state Ministry of Health, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria from the Ministry of Justice, and principal officials from the hospital, among others.
PUNCH correspondent had reported that Christopher had difficulty in breathing and was referred from a private hospital, Olive Clime, to the general hospital.
A source privy to the investigation of the panel, confided in PUNCH correspondent that the parents and medical personnel on duty during Christopher’s admission were invited to a meeting.
PUNCH, September 26, 2017
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