Woman Died After Childbirth At Eko Hospital Due to Negligence - Petition

A few days ago, the death was reported of Dolapo Adesanya, who had passed away after a complicated delivery at Eko Hospital in Lagos. Many blamed the hospital for what they called an avoidable death. A petition was even started which has received over 1,300 signatures as at today. The petition stated that negligence by Staff of Eko Hospital, Lagos resulted in the death of Dolapo Adesanya, and called on the Medical and Dental Council of Nigeria to sanction the Hospital.

A friend of the family who was close the events leading up to Dolapo's death wrote an article questioning the ethics of the hospital and calling for an investigation of what he termed negligence. Read below the statement from the hospital as well as other interested parties who have put out their own version of what is believed to have led to the death of the young mother of three. May her soul rest in peace...

Another Celebrity Wife Dies One Day After Childbirth From Complications

This sort of news just saddens me because I know it should not be so. We cannot keep losing our women in the prime of their life due to what is usually preventable maternal mortality. And I also ask, if this happens to celebrities who can usually afford to take themselves and family to real hospitals, what about the poor women we may never hear about?

Charity Odoemelam, the wife of comedian, Elder Odoemelam popularly known as Elder O passed away on Saturday Dec. 6th just a day after she gave birth to the couple's first son. Charity and Elder got married in January, and by December of the same year, she is gone.