Two clinical medical doctors, Michael Atiba and Michael Ugbeye, are status trial on the Ikeja Top Court docket of Lagos Situation, presided over by means of Justice Oyindamola Ogala, for the dying of a affected person, Ejiro Ugorobi.
PUNCH Metro learnt that the Lagos Situation Executive had on March 25, 2024, arraigned the clinical medical doctors over their alleged involvement within the involuntary manslaughter of dead body affected person, to which each pleaded no longer to blame.
Consistent with the prosecution suggest, A. O. Azeez, Atiba, a health care provider on the Gbagada Basic Medical institution and Ugbeye, a expert with the Nationwide Orthopaedic Medical institution, Igbobi, Lagos, are dealing with a rely of involuntary manslaughter as made towards them by means of the Lagos Situation Executive.
He disclosed that the incident befell on October 21, 2023, at Michael Adekoya Boulevard, Ilupeju, Lagos Situation, including that Atiba and Ugbeye had dedicated alleged involuntary manslaughter which contravenes Division 224 of the Legal Regulation of Lagos Situation, 2015.
All through the trial and cross-examination of the prosecution’s first observer and mom of dead body, Nkechi Ugorobi, she disclosed that dead body had long past to play games soccer as an workout on September 9, 2023, when he fell and had an clash along with his leg.
“Ejiro is my only son. He is 29 years old, an electrical engineer by training and went into marketing finance. He is my friend, my adviser, and my chatmate. On September 9, 2023, Ejiro went to play football as exercise and fell. He called me and told me that he had fallen while playing football,” she stated.
She added that dead body had knowledgeable her that his trauma used to be severe, with a swollen leg, and that he had to see Ugbeye, the physician at Morningside Specialist Medical institution for remedy. Additional trying out after showed that he had a torn ligament.
“I asked him how bad it was and he told me it was serious. He told me his leg was swollen and that he had to go and see a doctor at Morningside Specialist Hospital under Ugbeye, the second defendant, who is the owner of the hospital. The following day, he called me that he had to run some tests. The test confirmed that he had a torn ligament,” she persevered.
She disclosed that right through this era, dead body used to be operating from house and reported to her that the swelling used to be lowering and he used to be feeling higher. Then again, she stated he discussed one time that he had to go through alternative assessments, together with blood assessments, noting that future the swelling had lowered, he used to be nonetheless experiencing ache and strolling with issue, to bring about a limp.
She stated, “Throughout this period, he wasn’t going to work and he was working from home. I asked him how he was faring, and he told me that the swelling was going down and that he was feeling better. He told me he had to run a longer test, both blood and others. Then one day, he told me that the swelling had come down but that he was still feeling pains and walking with difficulty, limping.”
She additional said that Ejiro had instructed her that he used to be committing to have a non-invasive surgical treatment, which took park on October 21, 2023, along with his sister accompanying him. Upcoming the surgical treatment, he reported that it used to be a success however that he skilled discomfort, which made him really feel nauseous. She disclosed that his temperature used to be alternating between cold and hot, and his leg felt very weighty; when he awoke, he complained of disorder, shortness of breath, and palpitations. In a while nearest, she stated he gave up the ghost following the surgical treatment.
“In October, he instructed me that he sought after to progress and do an MRI. I instructed him that if the MRI used to be essential, he will have to come so I may tug him to a couple of the ones locals to therapeutic massage his leg, and also you’d be positive. However he stated refuse. He instructed me he used to be committing to have surgical treatment, a non-invasive form of surgical treatment. I’m quoting him.
“Ejiro performed that surgical treatment on October 21, 2023. Ejiro was at the health facility along with his speedy elder sister. He instructed me that they had been there already when he had the surgical treatment. Afterwards, he known as me and instructed me that the surgical treatment used to be a success and that the surgeon did an ideal process, however that the injection they gave him used to be nerve-racking him, and that his abdomen used to be nerve-racking him. He additionally stated he felt like vomiting, that he used to be feeling cold and warm and that his leg used to be as weighty as iron. Upcoming at some point, he stated he used to be feeling sleepy. That used to be the tip of my dialogue with him.
“I spoke with him when he woke up, he told me that he was weak and that he was having shortness of breath and palpitations. After that, Ejiro died. He died after his surgery on October 21, 2023,” she stated.
Justice Ogala after adjourned the case to November 20, 2024, for trial and cross-examination of the prosecution’s 2nd observer.