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THE AGONY OF LOSING MY BELOVED AND NEWLY WEDDED WIFE AT GYNESCOPE SPECIALIST HOSPITAL, LEKKI.
My wife went to Gynescope Specialist Hospital, Lekki, for childbirth and died from mismanaged Primary Postpartum Haemorrhage (PPH). This was the same hospital where she registered and had her antenatal care without any underlying illness. During one of her antenatal visits in her third trimester, the Consultant and attending doctor, Dr Joseph Aliyu Yahaya, disclosed the considerable size of the baby. We raised concerns regarding safe delivery options and the possibility of an elective Caesarean Section (CS) owing to the foetal size. The Consul…