A couple has demanded a N1 billion compensation as damages from the management of Elizade University, Ilara Mokin, Ondo State over their daughter’s death at the school’s medical facility.
Barrister Gbenga Owodolu and Mrs Oluwabukola Owodolu stated that their daughter, Temitope Owodolu who reported at the medical facility was given an unprofessional treatment resulting in her death.
In a letter through their lawyer, Femi Emmanuel Emodamori, they said that the 300-level nursing student suffered an asthmatic attack in the early hours of November 16th, 2021 and was admitted to the facility for treatment.
The letter by the lawyer added that she was pronounced dead at abou
Excerpt of the petition by the deceased’s parents:
“Medical personnel at the medical centre reportedly attended to the deceased during the blackout and reportedly lamented that they would be unable to treat the patient using necessary electricity powered equipment, including nebuliser, which is essential for the treatment of acute exacerbation of severe asthma.
“Consequently, according to our brief, the medical personnel asked the deceased to continue using the same Ventolin inhaler she had been applying before presentation in the Medical Centre.
“Although the deceased was reportedly placed on a drip upon her admission, the nurse attendant thereafter abandoned her for one and half hours during which there was back flow of blood into the drip from her body. Within the same period, she was coughing consistently, indicating that her respiratory track was infected. She also vomited and it was her sister who cleaned up the vomit and alerted the doctor in the absence of the nurse attendant.
Strangely, the doctor was said to be sleeping. Eventually, the same patient that was still healthy enough to engage her sister in humorous and intelligent conversation after the commencement of treatment at the Medical Centre died in the hand of your medical personnel. If the University medical personnel could not effectively treat or manage the deceased patient, why was she not referred to another facility ?
“The University medical personnel never referred the deceased for proper treatment, apparently because they are not even on ground to observe her properly, to know the point at which ongoing treatment was no longer producing the desired clinical improvements.
“It is a notorious fact that asthma is a preventable, treatable and reversible medical condition. You would therefore agree with us that it is quite unusual in medical practice for an asthmatic patient who walked into the hospital herself to die in the hands of a medical doctor.”
Barrister and Mrs Gbenga Owodolu
In addition to the N1 billion compensation, Temitope’s parents have requested for a formal acceptance of negligence and apology for her death.
They also demand that their daughter be immortalised by properly equipping the University Medical Centre and naming it after her.
In addition to the demands, they request that on no circumstance must the school intimidate, harass or persecute Miss Opeyemi Owodolu, the sister of the deceased who is also a student of the University.
They gave a 7-day ultimatum for their demand to be met, failing which they would institute legal action against the institution.
The Nation newspaper reports that the spokesperson for school, Seyi Ogugbenro denied any knowledge of the petition.
Elizade University (E.U) is a private university in Ilara-Mokin, Ondo State in Nigeria. It was founded by Micheal Ade Ojo.
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