A devastating incident has shaken Anambra State, as a 25-year-old lady died after being referred to a private facility for renal dialysis following complications from a caesarean section at Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu University Teaching Hospital, Amaku, Awka.
According to a post shared by social media user, Dr. Kene Ojukwu, the young woman was admitted for an elective surgery, which was successful. However, she developed renal failure complications that required prompt dialysis. Unfortunately, the hospital’s dialysis machine was not operational due to technical issues and staff availability.
Dr Ojukwu wrote: “A 25 year old lady was admitted for elective caesarean section, she had a successful surgery, however, she suffered complications of renal failure. This was duly referred to the nephrology team. This event happened on a friday afternoon 30th may.
“What happened;
The hospital lacked the tools to offer renal dialysis she needed promptly. They highlighted two reasons why she was not able to get her dialysis in amaku, that the machine is not operational due to reasons of operators availability and machine functionality.
“What happened next;
The decision for dialysis was nigh, but the amaku can’t offer her this, due to reasons above, she was referred to clinix private facility for this dialysis.
“What are the issues;
The ambulance she was transferred with, had no trained nurse or health worker to accompany her, reason is not far fetched, amaku is severely and dangerously short staffed across board and this is becoming a situation of poor prognosis to patient care and outcome.
“The ambulance to convey her has NO OXYGEN in the cylinder, and this oxygen was fixed by ambulance driver, an untrained personnel to handle sick patients. Thus, he does not understand how to ascertain if a fixed oxygen is viable or not. It took the clinix nurse to reassess and found this lady dead on arrival with oxygen cylinder empty with no oxygen within.
Continuing, Dr Ojukwu raised some questions concerning running of the number one government hospital in the State
He said,”There must be serious review of books and activities by Mr Governor, why the Amaku dialysis does not function on a weekend and on this day of event, friday, afternoon.
“How does a CMD run a hospital with no proper safety checks of the serious facilities not functioning and what are the burning issues that prevents this functioning to be in optimised conditions. What can we do to fix this”
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