The unprofessional medical recklessness of Doctors at Premier Specialist Medical Center, domiciled in Victoria Island area of Lagos state in a botched fibroid surgical procedure has resulted in the death of Lagos-based celebrity chef; Mrs. Peju Oyemade on Sunday, April 25, 2021.
The family of the deceased, in a statement made available to yemiefash.com on Saturday 8th May 2021 stated that an independent autopsy carried out by professional pathologists at the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital (LASUTH) revealed that prolonged internal bleeding in her (Mrs. Oyemade) abdomen and pelvic resulted in the death of the ‘I Luv Deserts’ CEO.
The statement revealed that the award-winning chef was admitted into the hospital on Thursday, April 22, in a scheduled elective fibroid surgery slated to take place the following morning.
“She walked into the hospital herself unaided as it was by no means an emergency medical procedure. She had concluded all the necessary tests required before the surgery, including ECG, PCV, and COVID-19 tests. Her vitals were okay and she had no preexisting conditions prior to surgery,” the statement reads in part.
“All payments were made for the preliminary tests. The hospital demanded that their account be funded to the tune of N1.5 million and the family deposited N1 million immediately.”
Mrs. Oyemade complained of abdominal pain after the surgery, and despite professional advice from a UK-based gynecologist that she might be bleeding internally, doctors at Premier Medical Center purportedly refused to take any actions to that effect and did little to ameliorate her pain. Her case worsened with lowering blood pressure between Friday and Sunday afternoon when she eventually died.
“It’s worthy to note that none of the gynecologists who performed the surgery attended to her throughout that Saturday despite all her pain and concerns expressed by her husband,” the family noted.
“It is clear that Peju bled internally from Friday after the surgery till Sunday when she died, and it is shocking to note that Premier Hospital was negligent enough not to pick this up and save her life,” the family insisted.