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Woman Dies From Snake Bite Hours After Wedding, as Husband Alleges Neglect
Just after a couple got married on March 30, the new bride died from snake bite. Now her 44 year old husband, who is Founder of Miracle Working God Ministry in Sapele, Delta State, Prophet Patrick Eyaefe, has said it was obvious his wife died out of neglect by a medical clinic in town, Divine Care Hospital, Sapele, Delta State.
However, in a swift reaction, Dr John Akwara, the Chief Medical Director of the hospital has denied that the hospital was culpable in the demise of Mrs Patricia Eyaefe, insisting that in the condition she was, nothing would have been done.
Prophet Eyaefe said: “That afternoon after the wedding in church, we came home. I am a man of God and was supposed to regularise my marriage. So after eight years and with a growing ministry and five kids I decided to do the right thing, now see what has happened after the marriage.”
“We were relaxing at home after the marriage in the night at about 7p.m. when she went to buy sachet water, and she had hardly been out for five minutes when I heard her screaming for help. I dashed down and she told me that a snake just stung her.
“I took her to the hospital that night and I tied the leg as someone instructed me. When we got t to the hospital, after paying one thousand naira to register, the doctor was not around. The nurse who was on duty had to call the doctor before he came and when he eventually arrived, they were looking at her as if her life is not important.
” I went out to buy the drugs the doctor prescribed and when I came back, he insisted I should go back and get the dosage of the drug, while all this time my wife was lying there without them administering anything.
“Right there after administering the anti- venom drug she still died. My wife died on the day I took her to the altar. I am bitter; they left her too long. It was a case of neglect. If they had acted quickly she would not have died. She died leaving 5 kids for me. How do I go on?”
The hospital reacts
However, Dr John Akwara, the Chief Medical Director said there was little the doctor can do at that point, “since snake venoms kill within minutes. The doctor who treated her is a certified medical with over 10 years in service.
“Snake bite is snake bite anywhere; five minutes you are gone. When I asked my doctor, I asked him if the woman admitted it was snake bite, he said yes and did he administer the anti-venom, he said yes, noting that the condition had even got worst before the anti-venom came.
“We even applied oxygen on her, to show how far the damage has gone. Once venom has reached the heart there is nothing anybody can do about it. Even the man was asking for autopsy. Let them pay and do it,” Dr Akwara said, adding that there is spirituality in medicine.
“Why did the snake bite her after the wedding and not before? That is what we call spirituality in medicine,” he added.
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