The DG affirmed that the deceased called her doctor at home on phone, who in turn requested to speak with the doctors at the camp clinic.
According to him, the deceased’s doctor also, had affirmed to the Chief Medical Director’s (CMD) line of treatment given to her.
He, however said at the course of the conversation, the deceased complained of ceased urination for a time.
“It was at this point the deceased complained to the doctor that she had not urinated for some time. The note of alarm that hastened the deceased’s referral to Gwarzo General Hospital by 4:00pm.
“On this trip, the deceased was accompanied by two doctors from the camp clinic including the CMD and the Nurse on duty who happened to have been seconded by the State Government from the same General Hospital to the camp clinic.
“They arrived at the hospital 30minutes later and met the doctor on duty, Imran Ibrahim. Doctor Ibrahim, after examination, immediately ordered for full blood count, kidney function test, hepatitis and HIV.
“From the result of the investigation, the doctor concluded that the deceased had kidney infection probably due to untreated urinary tract infection (UTI).”
Kazaure disclosed that since the potassium level of the deceased was high, the deceased required immediate dialysis which was only available at the Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital in Kano, about two hours drive away.
He said: “To survive the grueling journey, the doctor decided to stabilize her by administering gluconate overnight.
“The investigation showed that the deceased responded well until about 2:00 am on 29 November when her condition worsened, and her body began to show noticeable signs of fluid retention.
“She was thereafter placed on oxygen as the doctors battled to stabilize her for the long journey to Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital.”
Consequently, he maintained that the allegation of negligence on the part of NYSC was unfounded saying “the orientation Camp clinic where the corps member was first treated has a total of 31 qualified and registered Doctors, 20 Pharmacists and 11 Nurses.
“There are no student doctors as all the Doctors are fully certified by the Medical and Dental Council of Nigeria. (MDCN).”
He said the deceased had an ailment which was not disclosed upon arrival stating that the Doctor’s report, revealed that she died of Renal Sepsis occasioned by infection.
While expressing sadness over the deaths, Kazaure stated that the investigation was not to justify the death of corps member but to establish facts surrounding her death.
“Beyond the colossal loss to the family of the deceased, the loss of a corps member to the NYSC family and the nation at large is unquantifiable,”he added.
On his part, the Minister of Youth and Sports, Solomon Dalung called for improvement of the facilities in the orientation camps.
While emphasizing more on the health facilities, he said facilities in some camp clinics are outdated.
To this end, he called on the State governments to update facilities in most of the states to accommodate corps members across the country.
“The NYSC is a scheme that has constitutional requirements on the Federal Government and the state governments. The state governments provide facilities, maintain and update them, while the Federal Government has the responsibility to of mobilising them, training them and also deploying and taking care of them until after the service year.
“The development on ground is that the health facilities in the camps are not up to date. Even though human efforts were in order; there was no negligence, but of cause the facilities which would have abated the situation before moving to the general hospital or providing the basic first aid requirement before moving to the hospital were lacking.
“This calls for our partners in the NYSC scheme which is the state governments try and update most these facilities, those that are small in size should be expanded to accommodate the number of corps members,” he stated.
Source:Tribune
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