Relatives demand justice as calls mount for urgent reform in Nigeria’s collapsing health system
The shockwaves from the death of Mrs. Charity Unachukwu at the University of Nigeria Teaching Hospital (UNTH), Enugu, continue to reverberate as more families step forward with their own harrowing experiences of neglect at the federal facility, reports ITREALMS.
Earlier, ITREALMS had reported the testimony of Mrs. Phina Unachukwu Ezeagwu, who accused UNTH of abandoning her sister to die after more than 12 hours without life-saving blood transfusion.
Since that story broke, families across Enugu and beyond have flooded social media with similar accounts, painting a disturbing pattern of systemic decay and indifference.
Mr. Ekwueme Chibuike, a Nigerian RedCross Volunteer resident in Ile-Ife, told ITREALMS that he lost his only brother at UNTH under similar circumstances. “I lost my only brother because of UNTH but no wahala. May her (Charity) soul rest in peace,” he said, his words a mixture of grief and resignation in reaction to late Charity avoidable death.
Another anguished voice, Eze Emmanuel Chibuike, expressed anger over the repeated tragedies at the hospital. “I hate what is happening in this UNTH. People are really dying. Government should do something,” he declared.
These accounts reflect a growing consensus that UNTH has become a symbol of everything broken in Nigeria’s health sector.
Mr. Ekwueme Chibuike, a Nigerian RedCross Volunteer resident in Ile-Ife, told ITREALMS that he lost his only brother at UNTH under similar circumstances. “I lost my only brother because of UNTH but no wahala. May her (Charity) soul rest in peace,” he said, his words a mixture of grief and resignation in reaction to late Charity avoidable death.
Another anguished voice, Eze Emmanuel Chibuike, expressed anger over the repeated tragedies at the hospital. “I hate what is happening in this UNTH. People are really dying. Government should do something,” he declared.
These accounts reflect a growing consensus that UNTH has become a symbol of everything broken in Nigeria’s health sector.
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Families speak of bureaucracy that kills faster than illness, staff who show little accountability, and facilities so degraded that emergencies are left unattended until it is too late.
Civil society groups warn that unless urgent reforms are implemented, more families will be forced to bury their loved ones while political leaders continue to seek medical care abroad.
As at press time, UNTH management had yet to respond to ITREALMS inquiries about the mounting allegations of negligence.
Civil society groups warn that unless urgent reforms are implemented, more families will be forced to bury their loved ones while political leaders continue to seek medical care abroad.
As at press time, UNTH management had yet to respond to ITREALMS inquiries about the mounting allegations of negligence.
Chuks Egbune/Editor
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