Thread by @DrSeunO

1/ The following events are purely fictional and a figment of my imagination. Any resemblance to anyone dead/alive is purely coincidental.
This is also an intellectual property.

2/ While you sit back and enjoy the tale, please pay attention to the underlying messages.
This will be written in series, spanning a few days to weeks. Please stay tuned. 😁😁😁
Grammatical/Spelling errors are regrettable.

3/ "the time is 9am of the 23rd of July 2015, let me start by introducing myself"
"my name is Justice Nnamdi Chukwuka, one of the chief justices of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, I'll be presiding over this team of 5 personnel"

4/ "our task is to review the ev......."
"you know what?, let know ourselves first before we discuss our task"
"Starting from my immediate right"

5/ "my name is Professor Olubirin Adekunle, Professor of family medicine, fellow national school of family physician, also a lecturer in one of the renowned teaching hospital in the land"

6/ "and to his immediate right is...."

7/ "my name is Aljiha Hafusa Abubakar, I'm a nurse, a Paediatric nurse, majored in Paediatric emergency and also a Paediatric matron in one of the renowned teaching hospital.

8/ "thank you very much both of you, it gives me great relieve to know that I have the best clinical experience with me on this"
Let get to the prestigious people on my left"

9/ "my immediate left....."

10/ "I'm Dr. Shannan Dalong, a PhD holder in hospital administration and Human Resources. I'm the director of administration for a renowned hospital"

11/ "And to his left..."

12/ "My name is Mrs. Oluwakemi Adeloba, I'm a mother of 4 and a business owner. "
"and that's why she is on the panel, been a mother is a full time job, she has 40 years experience on. She is here to give us a maternal outlook to our task" justice interjected.

13/ "ladies and gentlemen, our task is to find out the events and determine the factors that lead to the death of a 7 years old boy"
"we are not here to apportion blames, but to determine these factors and make recommendations to the FMOH for implementation"

14/ "it is my believe that every death shouldn't be a waste but even in death, they can contribute to the improvement of our healthcare system"

15/ "Shall we begin" justice concluded
"Yes!!!" other chorused
"no better place to start than from the beginning, so I will call the mother of the deceased child"
"call Mrs. Ajenifuja" justice said to the bailiff.
"I call for sensitivity in questioning this lady" Prof said

16/ (a young woman, probably in her 40s walked gingerly through the doors into the hall. It is quite obvious that she is distraught and probably haven't slept in a while)

17/ "good morning madam, my name is Justice....." justice introduced everyone to the woman
"........... we are not here to apportion blame but to determine what lead to your child's death and how we can prevent future occurrence. Accept our sincere condolences" justice said.

18/ "My name is Oluwatoyin Ajenifuja, the mother of the deceased child, whom you have gather for. 10th March 2015, I took my child to the hospital because he was coughing, on arr"
"did the cough start the same day you carried him to the hospital" Prof interrupted

19/ "he has been coughing recurrently for about 3 month, I have used different antibiotics and cough syrups. It goes away, comes back again and I try another antibiotics or brand" she responded.

20/ "That very morning, he had a bad episode of the cough over the night that I couldn't wait for the morning to come, my husband and I rushed him to the hospital, by the time we got there, he was very weak and struggling to breath"

21/ "help!!!, Please help, my child, my child... Help my child please" I shouted
"let me have him" a nurse said to me and ran with him into the Paed A&E
"as she was running, she was shouting Dr, Dr, Dr"
The doctor took about 7-8 mins to arrive, sauntering his way towards us

22/ "I kept shouting, ẹjọ́ ẹgba mi, ẹ má je ki tèmi bàjé, #8million naira, 6 IVF attempts, 10 years of waiting, ẹ sanu mi... He is the only one I have, the only one I've got"

23/ "When he finally arrive, he didn't even acknowledge us, he spoke to the nurse. The nurse said something was 83%, he asked her to start oxygen on him until he maintains 98%.

24/ All this while he did not even talk to us. They kept on talking to each other and doing things on him that we don't even understand.
They took blood samples, plenty blood, like they wanted to finish his blood, also sent him for an X-ray of the chest.

25/ "did you follow the child for the X-ray" Aljiha asked.
"Yes, I did. When we got there, the X-ray machine was not working, they were working on the generator that feeds it power"
"we waited 40mins before we had the X-ray done and then have to come 30mins later for the films"

26/ "Hmmmm" justice comment and jotted down.
"when we got back, they started giving him drips and antibiotics. The drip was very slow in going, I kept complaining about it but they won't listen to me"
"we got to the hospital at 8:45am, my son died at 11:30am"

27/ "they didn't even know he was dead, I called their attention, screaming for help, when the doctor came, he listened to his chest and started pressing it down, like he wanted to kill him the more.

28/ "I shouted for him to stop pressing his chest that way, he stopped for like 20secs looking at me and then continued again" (sobbing 😭)

29/ "do you know why they are pressing his chest down" Prof asked
"no, they didn't tell me"
"Please continue madam, take your time, we are here for you" Prof said.
"they did that for about 30 mins, then they stopped. They declared him dead at 11:30am"

30/ "2 hours after being in the hospital, what is their use if they cannot save lives. They are bunch of useless people calling themselves health workers"
"the doctor was not trying to explain to us, after initially not acknowledging us"

31/ "to make matter worse, he said they have to conduct an autopsy, and we are the one to pay for it"
"I slapped him immediately I heard that, screaming blue murder"

32/ "I'm sorry for your anguish madam, I can't begin to imagine what you are going through reliving theses memories again, it must be terrible" Dr. Dalong started
"but I have to ask you, in your opinion what is the most important factor that may have lead to your child's death"

33/ "there is nothing else, those doctor and nurses, they are the one. They killed my Son. I don't even know why we went there, that place is known for death, nobody comes out alive from that place, that is the reason I delayed"

34/ "thank you very much madam, we have noted down everything you said, once again accept our heartfelt condolences on your loss, may the Lord almighty heal you and your family" justice said.
"you may go now" he concluded.

35/ "ladies and gentlemen, you have heard it from the mother. What say you" justice asked.
"or better still, maybe we shouldn't discuss these issues yet until we have heard from everyone who maybe a factor in this case. Is that agree"
"Yes..." everyone chorused

36/ "Shall we meet here for 8am tomorrow, when we will be having the nurse come give us her own view about the event and that day"
"I bid you good day and good night... See you all tomorrow" justice concluded.