I WILL NEVER SURVIVE THE LOSS OF MY CHILD- CHIMAMANDA NGOZI ADICHIE SAYS AS SHE ACCUSES LAGOS HOSPITAL OF NEGLIGENCE LEADING TO SON’S . (PHOTO).
I will never survive the loss of my child- Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie says as she accuses Lagos hospital of negligence leading to son’s demise Renowed author, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, has accused a Lagos-based hospital of negligence leading to the demise of her 21-month-old son, Nkanu. In a personal statement released to family member, Chimamanda gave a detailed account of the circumstances surrounding his de@th. The statement reads “My son would be alive today if not for an incident at Euracare Hospital on January 6th. We were in Lagos for Christmas. Nkanu had what we first thought was just a cold, but soon turned into a very serious infection and he was admitted to Atlantis hospital. He was to travel to the US the next day, January 7th, accompanied by Travelling Doctors. A team at Johns Hopkins was waiting to receive him in Baltimore. The Hopkins team had asked for a lumbar puncture test and an MRI. The Nigerian team had also decided to put in a ‘central line’ (used t...


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