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Lagos State Government, LASG, has said it would investigate the hospital where medical treatment was delayed for Big Brother Naija, BBNaija, reality show star, Patrick Fakoya, a.k.a Rico Swavey, after a motor accident along the Lekki-Ajah expressway that later claimed his life.
Recall that the hospital became a subject of discussion over the delayed treatment of Rico Swavey.
A video shared shortly after the reality show star’s death, captured the hospital’s nurses’ unprofessional conduct after Swavey was brought in unconscious.
Lagos government to investigate Hospital where medical treatment was delayed for Rico Swavey,
While one of the nurses called for help to put him (Rico Swavey) on a stretcher, the others were laid back and one of them laughed while filming.
Following the condemnation, of the nurses’ unprofessional conduct has triggered, Lagos state Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Gbenga Omotoso, has announced that the hospital will be investigated.
Omotoso said: ”That hospital is not a government hospital. We have started an investigation into the unprofessional conduct of those who appeared in that video.”
TheNewsGuru.com reports that a 30-second video clip showing the final moments of Rico Swavey, at a hospital in Lagos State, has attracted condemnation from members of the public.
In the clip recorded by one of the nurses attending to Rico Swavey, the deceased was placed on oxygen as he was unconscious on a chair.
It was observed that the nurses were attempting to carry him on a bed when the nurse brought out a phone and started recording him.
Another nurse was heard cautioning her colleague against the act.
“You people should stop making the video; somebody is dying, you people are making video,” the nurse said.
Reacting to the video, a marketing strategist, Samuel Atigba, condemned the action of the nurses.
Using his verified Twitter handle, @SamuelOtigba, he wrote, “Anytime I watch that video of the nurses joking, laughing and making needless videos of Rico for social media instead of giving him the necessary urgent attention needed to save his life, my heart breaks over again cause he could have survived. RIP Rico.”