Oct. 17, 2023

The minister of Women Affairs, Uju Ohanenye says pre-action letter will be sent to some staff on duty and management at the Maitama General Hospital over the alleged negligence and refusal to treat Miss Greatness Olorunfemi, victim of “one chance”, before her death at the hospital.

She said this while addressing newsmen in Enugu.

“We were able to get the names of those on duty that day, the Medical Director and Chief Matron, Accident and Emergency.

“We will sue the staff, which will make others sit-up. We have written a pre-action letter, which they will get to tell them about our intention to take them to court. And we are giving them seven days to reply to that.

“Then we are writing to Public Complaints Committee at the National Assembly to look into the matter and call not only these people but all the CMDs of hospitals in FCT and even across.

“They need to summon them for these issues to be addressed once and for all.

Nigerians can not continue dying carelesly like that. Then we are equally writing to the Senate President on the same issue.

“Then after the seven days pre-action notice, the Ministry of Women Affairs through the Minister for Women Affairs will stand for the lady, all Nigerian women and girls to defend them on this issue of treating them anyhow,” she said.

She explained that even though they had been informed that the ministry had been added to the panel for investigation into the matter, they were yet to receive any official letter on it.