Lagos—Two women advocacy groups yesterday urged the Lagos University Teaching Hospital, LUTH, to pay N50 million compensation to the family of a deceased patient, Mrs Folake Oduyoye.

The groups, Women Advocates Research and Documentation Centre, WARDC, and Women Arise for Change Initiative made the plea during a walk to campaign against maternal death in Nigeria.

During the walk, the women displayed placards with various inscriptions to express their grievances about alleged maltreatment of the late Oduyoye by LUTH.

Some of the placards read: “It is Illegal to Detain Women in Hospitals”, “No Woman Should Die at Childbirth”, “Save Our Women from Unnecessary Death”, “No Women, No Nation”.

The walk was part of the burial activities for the late Oduyoye, who died as a result of alleged maternal complications at the hospital.

WARDC had on Dec.19 petitioned the management of LUTH over Oduyoye’s death while she was allegedly detained in the hospital due to her family’s inability to settle her medical bills.