A female Doctor has died in Lagos Island General Hospital as an elevator falls from the 10th floor.
Glamtush reports that a female doctor, Dr. Vwaere Diaso has died at the Lagos Island General Hospital, Odan, after an elevator she took crashed
According to findings, the hospital elevator that killed the late Diaso crashed from the 10th floor to the ground floor.
It was also gathered that the late doctor was rushed to the emergency ward of the hospital for treatment but eventually died.
A colleague of Diaso, who craved anonymity, told our correspondent that the elevator had malfunctioned several times before now.
“On multiple occasions, the elevator has stopped while we were inside. And there’s no maintenance,” he said.
He also told our correspondent that the hospital management was aware of the poor state of the elevator but failed to act.
“We report every time. The elevator is supposed to carry 630kg maximum, that’s eight people.”
He stated that since the elevator started malfunctioning, the staff of the hospital started reducing the number of people in it every time to avoid congestion.
“Once you open the elevator and see two people already, you just have to wait for the next batch.”
“It was faulty and they knew about it. That’s why we’re not going to take this,” he stated.
He disclosed further that the late Diaso had just two weeks left to the completion of her housemanship at the hospital, noting that she was a “very diligent house officer.”
“She was very hardworking,” he said.
According to reports, he was rounding off her housemanship when the unfortunate incident that took her life happened.
This has led to several reactions on the internet especially among those who are conversant with the hospital.
Read the reactions below:
A Doctor died & this issue has not been addressed by General Hospital, Odan
Lagos government should launch an investigation and make arrests to the people responsible for not fixing that elevator
That elevator has been bad for over 3 years despite complaints, now killed a Dr
— The_Bearded_Dr_Sina (@the_beardedsina) August 2, 2023
A doctor who had just 2 weeks to complete her housemanship just died in general hospital(Odan, Lagos island) due to poor management and negligence!!!
The elevator she was in, fell from 10th floor to the ground! Video was so painful to watch 💔— Dr love ❤️ (@loveforhealth_) August 1, 2023
A doctor who's meant to round up her housemanship training in 2 weeks at General hospital, Odan, Lagos Island, reportedly just fell to her death in a lift, all the way from the 10th floor of a building in the hospital.
The lift in question is said to have required maintenance
— KWEKU THE HUSTLER, COMMANDER OF THE HEADLESS MOB (@Urchilla01) August 1, 2023
Now, this is a young doctor rounding up her house job after spending years in medical school.
She went to get her food downstairs and used the elevator only to fall to her death from the 10th floor.
She died in the hospital she has spent her last year running around to save…
— SportsDokita (Odogwu ☝️) (@Sports_Doctor2) August 2, 2023