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April 19, 2016

Ngozi Udebu: Family announces burial plans

By Sola Ogundipe & Chioma Obinna

Lagos—EVEN as the outcome of the probe into the circumstances surrounding the death of Mrs. Ngozi Udebu, at the Lagos University Teaching Hospital, LUTH, is yet to be made public, burial arrangement for the deceased has been announced.

Family sources said a wake keep would hold on April 21, followed by a requiem mass at St Dominics’ Catholic Church, Lagos, the next day at 10am.

A vigil Mass and would be held on May 5, and burial would take place at Asaba on May 6, 2016, preceded by a funeral mass at 12 pm.

Meanwhile, a group, Hope Alive Child Care Initiative, in collaboration with Medical Police, plans to hold a walk on Saturday, April 23, 2016 to protest public displeasure and the deteriorating state of the nation’s health system.

Founder of the group, Mrs. Adaugo Nwalema, said it was no longer acceptable the rate Nigerians died in the hands of medical workers out of negligence and lacked of facilities.

He said: “How long will it take to strengthen the degrading/ deteriorating health system of our great country? The quality and effective patient care is the foundation of success?”

Nwalema said the alarming rate of deaths in the medical health system had become worrisome. We seek change. Our leaders should lead by example by making use of our medical health system.