The Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University Teaching Hospital, Bauchi State, said it has launched an investigation into the death of a woman who allegedly died due to the negligence of its staff.
The Head of Public Relations and Protocol Unit of the hospital, Usman Abdullahi Koli, disclosed this on Tuesday in a post on his official Facebook page
The PRO was responding to a Facebook post by one Ibrahim Katagum, who claimed that his mother was abandoned on a dialysis machine at the Renal Centre of the hospital.
Katagum wrote in the Hausa language, “I found this nurse outside talking to other people, while she had tied our mother to the blood filter.
“At that moment, the tube that was carrying the blood back and forth through her abdomen had come loose, and all her blood had spilt on the floor while she (the nurse) was outside talking to others.”
Katagum, who attributed the cause of his mother’s death to negligence by the nurses, said, “Even the doctors who examined her that day were surprised that she died at that time, seeing how they found her and how they left her at that time. We explained what happened to them.”
However, the hospital PRO on his post assured the public that they have already initiated an internal enquiry to ascertain the facts surrounding the incident.
“Please be assured that we have already initiated a thorough internal enquiry to ascertain the facts surrounding the incident. We are committed to getting to the root of the matter and will not hesitate to take the necessary and appropriate measures to address any identified lapses and forestall future occurrences.”
He further sympathised with the family of the deceased over the loss, and also urged the public to channel complaints or concerns through the official avenues provided by the hospital whenever an incident occurred.
This, he said, will enable swift and structured resolution, rather than resorting to social media.
