Doctor Reportedly Dies In Elevator Accident At Lagos Island General Hospital

Eko Hot Blog reports that a young Nigerian doctor with less than two weeks to complete her housemanship has allegedly died in an elevator accident.

The tragic incident involving the young medical doctor identified as Vwaere occurred at the General Hospital Odan in Lagos Island.

In the series of social media posts by friends of the deceased, the elevator in which Vwaere was in was said to have fallen from the 10th floor to the ground floor while she was going to pick up something from a dispatch rider outside.

It was also alleged that it took the hospital one hour before the body of the victim was evacuated and rushed to the emergency before she died.

A staff who also tweeted about the incident said the elevator was known to have had issues, and staff had made complaints about it.

The tweet reads, “Particularly aggrieved because we’ve complained for a long time about this elevator. We’ve manoeuverd, managed and prayed each time we had to use it. Empty promises will be made to fix it….till it killed one of us.”

At the time of the report, the hospital management and family of the deceased is yet to make any statement regarding the death.

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