Four families have been thrown into mourning after their newborn babies died due to alleged negligence on the part of the doctor on duty at the Sapele Central Hospital, in Sapele Local Government Area of Delta State. The victims’ families, while lamenting the deaths of their four babies alleged that the doctor on duty, who was supposed to attend to them turned out drunk. They added that there was no power supply within the hospital premises during the period. The grieving families further accused the management of the hospital stressing that their inefficiency led to the unfortunate incident, wherein they alleged that all the women who were due for delivery lost their babies.
A relative of one of the families by the name of Benjamin Ikeji said, as at the time they brought their sister to the hospital, the doctor informed them that it was not yet time for her delivery, and he and the sister’s husband waited till 10 pm.
“At midnight my sister said the baby was stuck and the nurses couldn’t do anything because the doctor was not around," Ikeji added.
He also said that by the time he met with the doctor in the morning, he confirmed that there was nothing he could do due to the lack of power supply. His words: "I bought fuel for them that night before I left and the next thing I heard was that my sister lost the baby.”
Another victim newton Oroba, lamented that his wife had been traumatized unfortunate loss of her newborn baby.
“The doctor on duty was drunk. We came to the hospital around 9 pm and left. Only to come back in the morning, my wife said she lost her newborn," Oroba said.
As of the time of filing this report, no comment has been received from the management of the hospital.