A medical doctor identified as Vwaere Diaso has died after the elevator she was in crashed from the 10th floor of the Lagos Island General Hospital, Odan.
In a now-viral tweet, the doctor is said to be a graduate of Babcock University who had 2 weeks until the end of her housemanship at the hospital.
A doctor who had just 2 weeks to complete her housemanship just died in general hospital(Odan, Lagos island) due to poor management and negligence!!!
— ƒємαℓє кιηg 👸 (@Real_Erica_) August 1, 2023
The elevator she was in, fell from 10th floor to the ground! Video was so painful to watch 💔
Following the news of the death, other people also tweeted to share their experiences about the same hospital building, and how they have raised concerns on the poor shape of the elevator.
Almost 3 years ago on the 12th of January 2020, the Twitter handle @MedicalGuild complained about the poor state of the elevator in the 10-storey General Hospital building in Lagos, and as usual, nothing was done about it.
— SportsDokita (Odogwu ☝️) (@Sports_Doctor2) August 2, 2023
A General Hospital in a “Mega City” like Lagos has a… pic.twitter.com/QxAdfhG5BC
I completed my internship in General Hospital Odan Lagos and I'm aware of their ZERO maintenance attitude. Elevators show tons and signs of problems before collapsing.
— Dr. Olawale Ogunlana (@olawalesmd) August 2, 2023
Now a Doctor is gone! A whole life gone because of wickedness and corruption. Someone's head(s) must roll.
Another Twitter user called for the immediate commencement of investigations.
A Doctor died & this issue has not been addressed by General Hospital, Odan
— The_Bearded_Dr_Sina (@the_beardedsina) August 2, 2023
Lagos government should launch an investigation and make arrests to the people responsible for not fixing that elevator
That elevator has been bad for over 3 years despite complaints, now killed a Dr