Slain Corper: Hospital denies report on Igwetu, gunshot victim

The Garki Hospital, Abuja has refuted claims that it requested police report before treating late Miss Linda Angela Igwetu, a member of NYSC, who died of police gunshot, and described the allegations as malicious and false. The hospital on Thursday reacted to insinuations that its refusal to treat the gunshot victims may have facilitated her […]

The Garki Hospital, Abuja has refuted claims that it requested police report before treating late Miss Linda Angela Igwetu, a member of NYSC, who died of police gunshot, and described the allegations as malicious and false.

The hospital on Thursday reacted to insinuations that its refusal to treat the gunshot victims may have facilitated her death.

Igwetu was allegedly shot by a Police Officer on July 3 at a check point in Cedi Plaza in Central Business District of Abuja, on her way from a party in prelude to her passing out.

In a statement released in Abuja, The Medical Director of the hospital, Dr. Nyomudim Essen, said the report that the hospital allowed her to bleed to death while awaiting police report was false.

“The Garki Hospital do not demand for police report before attending to trauma patients at her accident and emergency department.

“Garki hospital do not insist on payment before stabilising trauma patients. It is a tradition that we do not compromise.’’

The hospital explained that late Igwuetu was brought to the hospital at 3:05 a.m. on July 4 in a precarious condition and was given blood transfusion and limited surgery by the doctor on duty.

The hospital said that report on both the mainstream and social media were inaccurate and therefore demand an apology for misleading the public.

The hospital gave those that published the misleading report 48 hours to tender an apology and retract their publication .(NAN)