Students protest over Death of UNIBEN student.
The University of Benin Teaching Hospital (UBTH) was shut down
Thursday afternoon as students from the University of Benin (UNIBEN)
blocked entrance to the hospital.
The students were protesting the death of a student who was said to have died shortly after being brought to the hospital.
“When he was brought in after complaining of fever, we took him to the
Accident and Emergency Department around 8pm last night and met some
doctors at work.
“They told us that they could barely help because they
did not have Adrenaline and intravenous. We were given prescriptions
to go and get the medications.
“We searched for the drugs but because it was night we could not get
them on time. By the time we could get the recommended materials, we
were informed he had passed on.
“It is worrying that his death which
was very avoidable was caused by issues as embarassing as a hospital
like UBTH not having syringes and needles.
“It has become a common practice in the UBTH for doctors to demand from
the patients before obliging them medical services due to non
availability of basic medical facilities,” he said.
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