{"id":55039,"date":"2023-08-08T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-08-08T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/southafricajournal.com\/?guid=507477b62cc5af714da81b46f3fed762"},"modified":"2023-08-08T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2023-08-08T00:00:00","slug":"elevator-accident-imbibe-routine-maintenance-culture-nma-urges-all-nigerians","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southafricajournal.com\/elevator-accident-imbibe-routine-maintenance-culture-nma-urges-all-nigerians\/","title":{"rendered":"Elevator accident: Imbibe routine maintenance culture, NMA urges all Nigerians"},"content":{"rendered":"
The Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) has called on Nigerians to let the death of Dr Diaso Vware become a trigger for everyone to imbibe routine maintenance culture.<\/P>
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The NMA President, Dr Uche Ojinmah, made the call in a statement on Monday.<\/P>
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He admonished all tiers of government in Nigeria to learn a lesson from the loss of the young doctor and make sure that such avoidable deaths were prevented<\/P>
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The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Vwaere, a medical house officer, with General Hospital, Odan, Lagos, died on Aug. 1, as a result of injuries sustained when the elevator she was in crashed in the staff quarters of the hospital.<\/P>
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He commiserated with the family of Vwaere, praying that God should console the entire family and grant the soul of the departed peaceful repose.<\/P>
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Ojinmah said that the association had keenly followed the issues surrounding Vwaere\u2019s death, adding that it was an avoidable one.<\/P>
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\u201cAfter reviewing all the facts, it is clear that Vwaere was a victim of gross negligence in maintenance of the elevator.\u201d<\/P>
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He called on the Lagos State Government to quickly initiate measures to assuage the pains and loss being felt by her family.<\/P>
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\u201cThe government should also provide psychological support for the family and all the doctors residing and working in the hospital.<\/P>
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\u201cThe government should also initiate inspection of all public elevators in Lagos state and commence routine maintenance.\u201d<\/P>
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Ojinmah also called on the Lagos state government to carry out thorough investigation and mete out sanctions as appropriate.<\/P>
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\u201cNMA wants Justice to be seen to be done and shall resist any attempt to subvert or mitigate it.<\/P>
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\u201cMay we never spill another innocent blood as a nation\u201d, he added. <\/P>
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Source: News Agency of Nigeria<\/P>
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The Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) has called on Nigerians to let the death of Dr Diaso Vware become a trigger for everyone to imbibe routine maintenance culture.The NMA President, Dr Uche Ojinmah, made the call in a statement on Monday.He admoni…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n