By Achadu Gabriel, Kaduna
An emergency patient who was referred from Sabon Tasha General hospital to St. Gerard catholic hospital for lack of light, fuel and Doctor is dead.
Mr. Linus, a 36 years old father of two and student of Kaduna polytechnic reportedly died on Monday in Barau Dikko Hospital after a brief illness.
The decease who was also working as a Barber reportedly slump inside his toilet and was immediately rushed to the Sabon Tasha General hospital on Saturday evening in coma.
A family source who spoke to our correspondent one-on-one grieving said on arrival with patient at the hospital, they were told no light and no fuel in the hospital power plant.
According to the brother, some staff also told them that there was no doctor on duty at the time the patient was rushed to the hospital from their resident at Katuka street along Government Day Secondary school road, Ungwan Boro new extension.
The family also said there was even a slight delay before referred to St. Gerard Catholic hospital of over a kilometer away from initial one because some nurses were trying to assist the patient, using torch light because of his extremely deteriorated condition.
Mr Linus however arrived the St. Gerard hospital still in coma, where he was again referred to Barau Dikko teaching hospital inside Kaduna main town, the place he latter gave up the ghost on Monday morning.
Neighborhood sympathizers and mourners who gathered around his residents said the decease left and returned home from his barbing work looking hale and healthy and even eat.
“After eating the food with his children, he said he was feeling stomach upset, and went to toilet where he slumped without the knowledge of the wife.
Residents in the area lamented consistent lack of constant electricity supply, fuel and Doctors in the secondary facility located in a tensely populated area in Sabon Tasha community, Chikun LGA of Kaduna state and environs are not giving good services to the community.
All efforts to speak to Chief Medical Director of Sabon Tasha General hospital through a female Doctor, Kemi, failed as Kemi neither picked calls nor replied text messages sent to her phone accordingly.
