BREAKING: Sanwo-Olu Sacks Principal Officer, Suspends Other Over Doctor's Death
- The Lagos State government has announced the sacking and blacklisting of the facility managers in charge of the crashed elevator that case the death of Dr Diaso Vwaere
- In a statement signed on Sunday, Olumide Sogunle, the permanent secretary to the Ministry of Information and Strategy, said the state had suspended the GM of LASIMRA
- The statement further revealed that the management of the hospital had been restructured, which now directly included the management of the hospital
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Ikeja, Lagos - The Lagos State Government, under the watch of Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has announced the sacking and blacklisting of the facility managers in charge of the crashed elevator responsible for the death of Dr Diaso Vwaere.
In a tweet on the official handle of the state government, the government also announced the suspension of the General Manager of the Lagos State Infrastructure and Asset Management Agency (LASIMRA).
Source: Twitter
On Tuesday, August 1, a wide outrage greeted the death of Vwaere following the report that she died as a result of an elevator that plunged for several hours at the officers' quarters of the hospital and the failed efforts of fellow doctors to revive her.
Lagos takes action on death of Dr Diaso Vwaere
The statement on the tweet was signed by Olumide Sogunle, the permanent secretary to the Ministry of Information and Strategy, on Sunday, August 6, stating that the initial report from its panel of inquiry noted that the government had taken several actions.
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Aside from the sacking and blacklisting of the facility managers and the immediate suspension of the LASIAMA boss, the state government announced restructuring the operations and line of reporting of the facility managers, which now included the hospital management directly.
The statement reads in part:
“We have handed the installation and maintenance contractors to the police for further investigation and likely prosecution if they are found guilty. The police will also investigate anyone else that might have been found to be negligent.”
See the tweet here:
NMA declares indefinite strike over colleague’s death
Legit.ng earlier reported that the NMA in Lagos has directed its members in three state-owned general hospitals to embark on an indefinite strike over the death of a colleague, Vwaere Diaso.
Diaso reportedly died after she was trapped in an elevator for over 40 minutes, and the unavailability of blood to revive her made her situation worst.
The union also ordered other doctors in other state-owned hospitals to relax their activities and mourn the demise of the doctor for five days.
Source: Legit.ng
