*Internationally acclaimed Nigerian writer Chimamanda Adichie, who just lately misplaced her 21-month-old son, Nkanu Adichie-Esege, after a collection of medical procedures at a non-public hospital in Lagos, is demanding accountability from the hospital. In a authorized discover dated January 10, 2026, she accuses the hospital of medical negligence {and professional} impropriety.
Adichie and her companion, Dr. Ivara Esege, misplaced their son within the early hours of January 7, 2026. The kid, born on March 25, 2024, was referred to the hospital on January 6, 2026, from Atlantis Pediatric Hospital for diagnostic and preparatory procedures forward of an imminent medical evacuation to the USA, the place a specialist medical staff was reportedly on standby. That was by no means to be.
By their solicitors, they allege that the hospital, its anaesthesiologist, and different attending medical personnel breached the obligation of care owed to their son, Grasp Nkanu Adichie-Esege. The process on the hospital included an echocardiogram, a mind MRI, a peripherally inserted central catheter (PICC line), and a lumbar puncture. Intravenous sedation was stated to have been administered utilizing propofol.
In accordance with the authorized discover, it was throughout transportation to the cardiac catheterisation laboratory after the MRI that the kid developed sudden and extreme problems.
The discover blames the hospital for reportedly transferring the kid between medical areas below situations that raised “critical and substantive issues” about compliance with patient-safety protocols, whilst he was below sedation.
The mother and father additionally allege that their son was transferred with out supplemental oxygen, with out satisfactory monitoring, and with out ample accompanying medical personnel.
He later handed away within the early hours of January 7.
They’ve now additionally raised issues concerning the availability of primary resuscitation gear on the hospital, delayed recognition and administration of respiratory or cardiovascular compromise, and an total failure to adjust to established paediatric anaesthesia, patient-transfer, and security protocols.
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