Husband Accuses Hospital Of Causing His Pregnant Wife & Newborn Son’s Death

A grieving husband who lost his wife and their newborn son has called out the hospital, while stating that their deaths could have been avoided if hospital staff did their jobs right.

Prince Ovwiomodiowho, a registered nurse anesthetist, narrated how his wife Mrs Loveth Ovwiomodiowho, 35, was in labour for two days at R-Jolad hospital before C-section was performed, by which time it was already too late and their son Jason died. His wife died shortly after on March 8, 2024.

The grieving husband said he and his wife first visited R-Jolad hospital, located in Omotoye Estate, Orile-Agege, Lagos State, on July 11, 2023, where her pregnancy was confirmed by one Dr Festus, a Senior Medical Officer.

Dr Festus then arranged for his wife to be seen by Dr. Marcus Mbakwe, the consultant obstetrician, who his wife continued to see throughout her pregnancy.

He explained that his wife, who already gave birth to a daughter in 2020 was as healthy as could be and she had no known associated history. He said she also was diligent in attending her antenatal appointments.

She went into labour in the early hours of March 7, 2024, one week earlier that her expected delivery date, which was given as 14th of March, 2024. Once at the hospital, the husband said things went downhill.

He recalled: “Early into the Pregnancy, we discussed with Dr Marcus that we were Jehovah’s witnesses and we seek bloodless medical and surgical care which he was comfortable with. We also made a durable power of attorney document available 2 months prior to delivery.

At 37 weeks, Dr Marcus ordered a repeat scan that showed cephalic presentation with fetal weight of 3.5kg and my wife was very happy looking forward to a safe delivery. I will never forget 7th and 8th of March 2024 where our excitement turned into deep sorrow.

It all started at 3:15am when I was still on duty at Coptic hospital VI (Victoria Island) on Thursday 7th March, 2024, I had a pleasant call from my wife that she Rupture Membrane at 3 a.m and we were so happy. We arrived R- Jolad Agege at 11: 00 a.m. My wife was clinically healthy not in any distress, fully conscious, cheerful, alert, well oriented, not pale, her recent PCV was 39% and full blood count was normal.

We sat at the reception for about 5 mins chatting with a lady that brought her child for immunisation, then proceeded to the reception where we spoke to the front desk officer informing him of our reasons for coming, he searched her Electronic Medical Report (EMR) number, told us a nursing staff will attend to us that we should sit and wait, after a while, her vitals were checked which were normal. A female medical officer approached us, my wife explained that she had membrane rupture 3am early hours of that day. She said she would contact Dr Marcus to inform him and know the plan.

At exactly 11:30 a.m after waiting for an update from the team, I chatted via WhatsApp with Dr Marcus, greeted him, expressed my concern that my wife ruptured membrane 3 a.m, we are now in the hospital and she is not contracting