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Silence From LUTH As Netizens Allege Negligence In Patient’s Death
By Gideon Ayeni
A Nigerian man has recounted a deeply disturbing incident of alleged medical negligence at the Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH), where a fellow patient reportedly died from suffocation after being improperly fed.
The account, shared on X (formerly Twitter) by user @LaceVine, has created outrage online and renewed concerns about patient care in public hospitals like LUTH.
According to @LaceVine, the patient in the adjacent hospital bed lost his life after a nurse allegedly instructed his wife to feed him, despite standing medical orders that he was not to receive food orally. The woman reportedly gave her husband pap, a local cornmeal meal, shortly after which he began to struggle to breathe.
“The wife called the nurse for help, but she ignored her for about ten minutes, complaining and grumbling,” @LaceVine wrote. “When she eventually realized it was serious, they started looking for a suction catheter, but none was available. The man died right in front of me.”
He further alleged that, upon the patient’s death, all nurses on duty, including the matron, quickly changed out of their uniforms and went into hiding before the deceased’s family arrived at the hospital.
While I was at Luth the person next to my bed died of suffocation because of the nurse’s negligence.
— Jet Daniel
The man wasn’t meant to eat yet but the nurse gave the wife go ahead to feed him pap. After he started experiencing breathing difficulties the wife called the nurse and she was… https://t.co/CJlJNevBgK(@LaceVine) June 10, 2025
The harrowing post quickly went viral, with many Nigerians expressing anger in the comments. Some users shared similar stories of neglect and unprofessionalism in public health facilities, while others called for an investigation into the matter.
Read some netizens’ reactions below;
@EazyEphraim: “If you get admitted in a teaching hospital and comeback alive…you need to be thankful.”
@Topmobile_: “Our nurses in the north are different. They are always kind , soft spoken and willing to help.”
@DADASUPREMACY4: “It usually feels like they are forcing themselves nurses to work. The amount of people that have died through their negligence ehn. Just take of your health ooo if you end up in these people hospital there is 50-50 chances you make it.”
@De_Moshood: “Some people’s Uncles, family members, and others are all the people working at these places and I have experienced firsthand how cruel most staffs of federal medical centers could be. Even when the government tries to reform the system, they’ll thwart the efforts.”
@_igbalodeEngr: “I don’t pray for my enemy to experience the sorry state of the Niegrian general hospitals, from the poor service delivery to dilapidated structures/facilities to the financial burden, had my fare share of it but Kashamadupe.”
@Muhamme07774883: “Nigeria health care provider is just too poor and mannerless. Similar experience to the lost of my wife at BD hospital Kaduna 2022. I wished I had succeeded catch d nurse when I went after her immediately my wife gave up to ghost due to her reluctantly respond to our attention.”
The Lagos University Teaching Hospital has yet to issue an official response regarding the incident at the time of this report.
However, this ugly development comes barely 24 hours after we reported that grieving family members staged a protest, accusing the hospital of refusing to release the corpse of their late brother over an alleged outstanding bill of N1.9 million.
In a video circulating widely on social media, a woman believed to be the deceased’s sister was seen speaking in anguish outside the hospital premises.
She alleged that despite paying substantial sums daily during her brother’s treatment, LUTH is now demanding an additional N1.9 million before releasing his corpse.
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