A little girl who was suffering from ear infection has lost her life in Lagos state after her inability to get treatment due to the doctors’ strike.
According to an Instagram user, Azeez who shared the story on his IG page, There was no bed in LASUTH, LUTH doctors are on strike while private hospitals were asking for N250,000 before touching the little girl.
Read what he wrote below… Just getting home now, tired, sad, depressed, angry,….yes!!! Angry would be the most appropriate word…This little kid just passed on (I pray she wakes up in Jesus name, cos the mother never stopped praying)..she died in her father’s arms in a taxi opposite Sheraton hotels, ikeja, after being transferred all around Lagos hospitals till she gave up d ghost. why??? NO BED IN LASUTH, LUTH ON STRIKE, PRIVATE HOSPITAL ASKING FOR 250,000 BEFORE EVEN TOUCHING HER, Ambulance (112), didn’t come in 40mins that we were with them opposite Sheraton hotels…( I mean, how far could that be, on a Sunday night with no traffic)… This little child died because of a failed health system. There was no defibrillator in the whole of the childrens Ward…not one ( I was there myself, I asked for it with other good Samaritan that followed us to LASUTH with the nice police officer that went with us) the only question I could ask is WHY?? WHY?? WHY?? What kind of country can’t save a baby that had ear infection since last week Tuesday??? The scream of that young lady is all I hear, asking God to return her baby’s spirit… NIGERIA IS KILLING ITS PEOPLE!!!!
