The Senate President, Godswill Akpabio has said that his first grandchild died of medical neglect in a federal government hospital.
Akpabio, who spoke on Friday during the screening of the Lagos state ministerial nominee, Dr Tunji Alausa, revealed that he was once a victim of medical negligence.
His words: “Like every other person, I have been a victim of medical neglect. I lost my first grandchild in 2019 in a federal medical centre.
“He died through bleeding. He was receiving drip and it was tissued (blocked) in the night. There was no help, no doctor, no nurse.
“He bled until he lost over 60 percent of his blood and was almost going mental, he struggled and fell on the floor., he was looking for water to drink. “He rolled on the floor outside and entered the early morning dew, and poured the dew all over his body, and that was where they found him.”
Akpabio said his grandchild was found the next morning in a coma and efforts to revive him were unsuccessful.
