An Indian medical doctor has been accused of
causing the death of a pregnant woman through
a cesarean session operation while also cutting
up the new born baby.
The family of an expectant woman is up in
arms with an Indian medical doctor » whose
incompetence in carrying out a cesarean
session operation on her led to her death as
well as scarring the new baby. The pregnant
woman, Funkemi Hunpe , » according to the
New Telegraph Newspaper, » died as a result of
the alleged negligence by the Indian doctor, Dr.
M. B. Jayaram, while being delivered of her
baby.
She was said to be undergoing a cesarean
operation at the hospital, Prema Sai Hospital,
Agege, Lagos State, when she gave up the ghost.
Her distraught husband, Semako Hunpe, said
that the medical personnel at the hospital were
responsible for the death of his wife as well as
inflicting severe cuts on his baby, Oluwasetemi
Mary Hunpe, while she was being delivered.
Hunpe further alleged that after his wife died,
the hospital called a pastor to pray for her,
hoping to resuscitate her. He is also angry that
throughout his wife’s prolonged labour, the
doctor did not bother to join the nurses in the
labour room until it was too late.
The sad widower has gone ahead to sue the
doctor and the hospital to the tune of N500m.
In the suit filed by his lawyer at an Ikeja High
Court, Hunpe alleges that the doctor’s
professional misconduct led to his wife’s
death.
Hunpe averred that his wife consulted
Jayaram on 17 February, 2014, for the purpose
of ante-natal services. He narrated that when
his wife began to notice pre-delivery signs on
February 24, she went to the hospital and was,
'subsequently placed on admission and given
injections, sequel to which she was ordered to
engage in labour exercise for several hours
without medical attention from available mid-
wives and auxiliary nurses.'
Hunpe said that he was invited into the labour
room after several hours of intense labour
without adequate care and was asked to
encourage his wife, 'to push out,' as she
appeared exhausted.
In the labour room, the widower alleged he saw
a nurse apply 'Aboniki' (a balm) on his wife.
The nurse was allegedly rubbing the deceased’s
abdomen with the balm, while asking her to
push.
"After this amateurish mechanism did not yield
the desired result, they cut my wife three times
to bring out the baby and placed it somewhere
unattended to."
He said that that there was no doctor present
throughout the delivery. A nurse later went to
call Jayaram, according to him. Hunpe said
that his wife bled profusely to death owing to
the unprofessional cuts she received. The
widower alleged that Jayaram told him around
6:45pm on February 26, 2014, to call his
pastor, as she did not think that his wife could
survive.
He explained that he was later informed that
his wife was dead. The hospital allegedly called
a pastor to pray for the resurrection of the
deceased. But the woman did not resurrect.
But the hospital's counsel, John Adanike, has
denied the charges of unprofessional
misconduct, saying the doctor performed her
professional duty in the best manner
throughout the time the deceased stayed in the
hospital.
"Our client denies being negligent in any manner
or being guilty of any professional misconduct.
Consequently, our client denies liability to pay
damages in the sum of N500 million or any sum
at all. No doctor would willingly allow the death
of his patient. He would work with all his
professional knowledge to save life.
But if by any circumstance death occurs, the
doctor or the hospital should not be held to
ransom. People die every day."
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