A woman identified as Mama Twins residing
along Diamond Point road, Abakaliki,
weekend lost her twin babies because her
doctor friend (names withheld) refused to
open the gate to his private hospital for fear
that his clients were kidnappers.
It will be recalled that a Consultant Paediatrician,
Dr. Pius Chuka Manyaike with the Federal
Teaching Hospital, Abakaliki, FETHA was on 5th
May kidnapped by unknown gunmen while
entering his private hospital at No. 5A Owerri
Street, Abakaliki but was later rescued after one
week in the hands of his abductors.
Vanguard learnt that the woman who went into
labour at about 2am of the fateful day drove to the
hospital (name withheld) in company of her
neighbour and first son; made frantic effort to enter
the hospital but couldn't because the doctor
allegedly didn't give directive that the gate of his
hospital be opened at that time of the day.
It was gathered that the doctor who refused to open
the gate to hospital allegedly suspected that his
clients were kidnappers, considering the time and
manner they arrived his hospital; not knowing that
his assumption were not true.
A source close to the hospital stated that it was not
the ethics of the medical profession for doctors to
refuse to attend to patients especially those
admitted at the Accident and Emergency Ward.
The source however added that the doctor had
apologized to the woman for his inability to attend
to her when she called at his hospital and explained
that the recent wave of kidnap and brutality meted
out on doctors in the state were gradually
restraining doctors from performing their duties as
at when due.
In a chat with Vanguard, the woman who was
alternatively rushed to the Federal Teaching
Hospital, FETHA, after frantic effort to see her
doctor friend failed, lost her twin babies as it was
gathered that she had lost so much blood before
she was eventually attended to.
The woman who is a mother of five children had
been delivered of two set of twins years ago as the
doctors who attended to her at the FETHA
confirmed that the babies she lost were equally
twins (boys).
Meantime, the State Chairman of Nigeria Medical
Association, NMA, Dr. Chidi Esike who appealed to
doctors to go about their duties without fear stated
that the state government had put machineries in
place to ensure the protection of lives and
properties in the state.
"I'm appealing to doctors to go about their duties;
there is no reason for them to be afraid since
government has already assures of adequate
security at all times. We made some
recommendations to government when one of our
colleagues was kidnapped and I believe that they
(government) has taken note of them"
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