On November 14, Hassan Chukwu (not his real name) lost his mother most unexpectedly. She died moments before a surgery that was supposed to save her life. What later emerged as a likely medical error has stayed with him.
“My mother went into the theatre room with her two legs, only to end up dead even before the surgery commenced. I suppose an error must have occurred, because the doctors could not tell what exactly happened” Chukwu told this reporter.
Another woman shared how she lost her friend after a fibroid surgery. “Before she was discharged, she was given a drug she wasn’t supposed to take at the time , and that was what ended her life,” she said.