Medical Guild identifies installation by uncertified contractor as cause of doctor’s death
By bintu jidda kanempress
5th august 2023
The Medical Guild has identified the installation of the malfunctioned elevator by a contractor without certification.
as cause of death of Dr Diaso Vwaere.
The Chairman, Medical Guild, Dr Sa’eid Ahmad said these were findings of the investigative panel on the cause of death of Dr Diaso.
Ahmad, said at a news conference to give an update on the probe into the circumstances which led to Vwaere’s death.
Ahmad said the elevator failed to work during its unveiling in June 2021.
He noted that the contractor attributed the elevator’s failure to work to inadequate power supply from the generator hired for the event.
“Regular maintenance was supposed to be done every four weeks on the elevator for optimum performance,” Ahmad said.
The Chairman, Medical Guild, said the contractor, installers, and other persons involved in the installation should be arrested and if found culpable be made to face the law.
He also noted that a series of infrastructural challenges had trailed the house officers’ quarters of the General Hospital, Odan, Lagos, since rehabilitation in 2015 to 2016.
The Chairman, Medical Guild, appealed to the state government to get a certified installer to install a new elevator in the building and also ensure its maintenance regularly.
Ahmad recommended that Dr Vwaere should be immortalised to preserve her memory and her family support , adding that the Guild would follow up on the investigation to ensure justice is served.
A medical house officer,
Dr Vwaere, died due to the injuries she sustained when the elevator she was in crashed in the staff quarters of the General Hospital, Odan, Lagos.
Angered by the tragic development, Vwaere’s colleagues staged a peaceful protest at the hospital.
The Nigerian Medical Association directed doctors in the three government hospitals on Lagos Island to embark on an indefinite strike over her death.
