The Lagos state government says it has set up an inquiry
team to investigate the elevator accident that killed Vwaere Diaso, a medical
doctor.
Diaso died on Tuesday after an elevator at the General
Hospital, Lagos Island which she was in, fell from the 10th floor.
In a statement on Wednesday, the Lagos state government said
it received the news of the doctor’s death with shock.
“The state government, especially management and staff of the Lagos state ministry of health, commiserate with the family of the deceased on the unfortunate loss of their daughter who passed on as a result of the mechanical failure of an elevator at the General Hospital, Odan, Lagos Island,” the statement reads.
“An inquiry by a team
of officials from the Lagos state ministry of health, Lagos State Health
Service Commission, Lagos State Safety Commission and certified Lift and
Vertical Transportation Equipment experts has commenced.
“The Lagos state government will ensure that anyone found
negligent by the report of the inquiry will face appropriate sanctions.”
Since news of the doctor’s death became public, many
Nigerians have taken to social media to criticise the hospital’s management for
negligence.
The elevator was said to have had faults which staff had
frequently complained about to no avail.
In a statement reacting to the news, the Nigerian Medical
Association (NMA) had directed its members in General Hospital, Odan; Lagos
Island Maternity Hospital; and Massey Street Children’s Hospital, to embark on
an indefinite strike.
“We direct all our doctors in the three government hospitals
on the island (GH Lagos, LIMH, and MSCH) to commence indefinite strike action
until the investigations are completed and justice served,” the statement
reads.
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