Several strange deaths in our public and private health facilities in the last two months, have renewed concerns about the quality of healthcare delivery in Nigeria. This scourge has bedevilled the country for too long. The healthcare system, which primarily compromises the recovery and well-being of patients, requires the urgent intervention of regulatory authorities.
What brought this to the front burner of public concern, not too long ago, were the deaths of twin babies – Testimony and Timothy – on 25 December, a day after their parents had taken them to a Lagos-based Primary Health Centre for a routine vaccination. And then the incident involving Nkanu, a 21-month-old, and one of the twin sons of prominent Nigerian author, Chimamanda Adichie, followed on 6 January, also in Lagos, after undergoing a medical procedure at Euracare Hospital.
In Kano State, Aishatu Umar, a mother of five, passed away on 11 January, due to the carelessness of a team of specialist medical doctors that forgot a pair of scissors in her womb, after a surg
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