The Majority Chief of the Kogi State Home of Meeting, Suleiman Abdulrazak, has denied allegations of vandalizing the Federal Instructing Hospital (FTH) Lokoja and committing violence following the demise of his father-in-law.
AbdulRazak's assertion is available in response to a press launch from the FTH, which alleged that the lawmaker destroyed the hospital's property and assaulted its workers on January 23.
The Nigerian Medical Affiliation (NMA) subsequently referred to as for the arrest and prosecution of Abdulrazak, alleging that he directed hoodlums in bodily assaulting medical doctors and well being employees on the hospital.
Nevertheless, Abdulrazak admitted in an announcement that he visited the hospital with two of his brothers and a colleague, however refuted these claims of violence and vandalism, calling them “calculated makes an attempt at a smear marketing campaign” towards him.
The lawmaker additionally acknowledged that his father-in-law died attributable to alleged delays and negligence of hospital workers, narrating that he arrived on the hospital to search out the emergency division locked and unresponsive medical doctors.
In accordance with him, his father-in-law was referred from the Okene Referral Hospital to the Federal Instructing Hospital in Lokoja.
However upon arrival, he mentioned hospital workers eliminated the oxygen masks with out correct improvisation and left him unattended for 3 hours earlier than he died.
“It’s price noting that there have been roughly two instances of demise attributable to negligence of administration workers once we arrived. Subsequently, much more aggrieved members of the family of victims of the hospital's negligence had been on the scene,” Abdulrazak mentioned.
“I walked in the direction of the emergency division, the gate was fully closed with chains. I moved on to 1
close by workplace the place two suspected medical doctors sat, I greeted, launched myself, acquired sorted
had an viewers with them and requested who the physician was answerable for the emergency division.
“It took some time for them to reply to my greeting after which advised me to go to administration, ignoring my query. Their impolite, nonchalant and unprofessional angle just isn’t what somebody who has simply misplaced a liked one want to expertise.”
The bulk chief mentioned that upon his arrival on the hospital, there was a chaotic scene involving annoyed members of the family, hospital workers and unidentified males in plain garments. safety element to disarm him.
“Once they left their workplace, there was already a loud setting with a stranger
males on mufti, staffers and kin of hospital victims. This led to hospital safety
workers who lock the doorway gate and take us hostage.
“Whereas the noisy session was nonetheless occurring within the hospital grounds, a person out of nowhere, wearing mufti and with out identification, began taking pictures sporadically from behind us. It took the intervention of my colleague's safety aides who joined us on the scene to disarm him of the AK-47 rifle.”
“I want to state categorically that on January 23, 2024, I by no means took criminals to the Federal College Hospital Lokoja, by no means vandalized any of their services or assaulted any of their medical doctors or different workers.
“The allegations that I or any of my colleagues went there that night time to shoot weapons or destroy the hospital services over the demise of my father-in-law are false. These are all calculated makes an attempt at a smear marketing campaign towards my particular person and workplace.
“It’s fairly unlucky and a present of incompetence that the administration of the Federal Instructing Hospital, Lokoja, pays extra consideration to malicious social media propaganda and smear campaigns than to high quality healthcare for the great folks of Kogi State.”
The lawmaker additionally introduced that he has petitioned the related authorities and regulatory our bodies to analyze the incident. The hospital's practices demonstrated confidence in justice and inspired the general public to hunt the reality amid the conflicting tales.
