By ANAYO OKOLI

UMUAHIA—THE family of Chief Ikedi Mpamugo of Ndoro Oboro in Ikwuano Local Government Area of Abia State has petitioned the Presidency and Minister of Health, alleging negligence of medical team in the death of their mother, Mrs. Eunice Ikedi-Mpamugo.

The deceased died recently, at the Federal Medical Centre, Umuahia, due to alleged carelessness of the doctors that handled her while she was on admission in the hospital.

The family specifically claimed that the medical staff who were responsible for her care and treatment at the hospital were incompetent, derelict in their duty and negligent in their treatment and care of our mother while on admission in the hospital.

In the petitions signed by the husband and head of the family, Chief Ikedi Mpamugo, the family claimed that their late mother was not administered “appropriate treatment “.

The family said it was convinced that if appropriate treatment was given to her, she would “be alive today as the injuries she sustained in an accident were not life-threatening”.

Ikedi-Mpamugo family further accused the management of the hospital of refusing to carry out an autopsy  to ascertain what actually killed their mother and therefore called on the minister of health  to compel the management of the hospital to conduct an autopsy on late Mrs. Ikedi-Mpamugo.

The family said its request for an autopsy was based on its strong fear and believe that their mother’s folder in the hospital might have been doctored, and requested further that a member or its representative be included in the medical team to carry out the medical investigation on their mother’s death.