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Former Governor of Old Anambra State, Senator
Jim Nwobodo, yesterday narrated how his son,
Dr. Ifeanyichukwu Nwobodo jnr died following
the alleged negligence of a doctor.
Nwobodo said his son was treated at the
Anderson Medical Cancer Centre in Houston,
Texas, United States but rather than stay longer
in the U.S. returned to Nigeria because he was
feeling homesick.
The former governor said his son developed pains
in the legs and was taken to a consultant
oncologist at the University of Nigeria Teaching
Hospital (UNTH), Enugu.
However, rather than take his son to the UNTH,
which had facilities for emergency, the medical
consultant referred him to his private clinic.
According to Nwobodo, the injection
administered on his son led to complications
and finally resulted in his death.
The bereaved father made this startling
revelation yesterday when Governor of Abia State,
Mr. Theodore Orji paid him a condolence visit in
Enugu.
Nwobodo said the doctor tried to rush his son to
Niger Foundation Hospital, but he died on the
way.
He said: “My son was ill for five months before I
knew about it and we were planning to go to
India before we took him to the U.S. He was given
a visa for two years because the cancer was at
stage four, but they treated him.
“When he came back, his leg started to swell
and he thought he should see a doctor and I
advised him to see the best oncologist. It took us
three weeks to see the doctor.
“Ön Friday – I was speaking with him three
times a day – and he was to see the doctor by
5pm and between 5:30 and 6pm, I called him
and he said he was with the doctor, I requested
to speak with the doctor but he said he was busy
but instead of the doctor taking him to UNTH,
he took him to his private clinic, where he had
no equipment, no facility at all. I called him
again and when I didn’t hear from him I sent
him text and I asked the doctor to tell me why he
gave my son injection that made him
unconscious, he said he was sorry and that he
was trying to resuscitate him.
“I spoke with him by 6:30pm and by 7 pm he
was dead.
“It is painful because this is something that
would have been averted and I can’t understand
why a dean of Department of Medicine should
leave the hospital where he has all the
equipment to go to his private clinic and I believe
that is how some other people die”.
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