Hospital linked to the death of Rico Swavey has finally responded to the viral video circulating the media.
The hospital released a statement giving a full detailed story on what transpired in their hospital prior to the man’s death.
The hospital, Doren, stated that Rico did not die in their hospital and that the video wasn’t made by their staff. Doren claimed a friend of Rico made the video for proof.
According to the lengthy message, the deceased was sent to another hospital after they had administered first aid to him. They said a friend of his, with the name Ify Helen, had allegedly made the video and had sent it to social media.
They implied that Rico was brought in unconscious with blood gushing from his ears, nose and he was also vomiting ingested food. Doren claimed Rico was equally smelling of alcohol when he was brought in.
The statement read, “An unknown patient, a victim of RTA was rushed to Doren Specialist Hospital around 1:45 am on Tuesday 1 October, 2022. On arriving at our gate, the security personnel promptly called the nurse who reviewed and called the doctor. The doctor saw a deeply unconscious patient with Glasgow Coma Scale of 3/1 5, smelling of alcohol. The doctor ordered that the patient be brought into the Accident and Emergency unit where he was found to be bleeding from the ear, nose and mouth, and also vomiting copiously (mainly recently ingested meal).
“The airway was cleared and suctioned, oxygen administration was commenced, Blood pressure read 130/85 mmHg. Spo2 – 93% on oxygen and 85% off oxygen. Intravenous fluid 5% Dextrose saline and 0.9% Normal saline was set up, injection Hydrocortisone and injection Diclofenac administered (the face mask, oxygen cylinder and intravenous line can be seen on the trending video on the internet).
“Efforts were made to trace his family and one female friend of his came into the facility to see him. She and the Good Samaritan who brought the patient was told of the severity of his condition and the need of urgent neurosurgical review and also the need to be referred to Evercare hospital. Miss Ify Helen Eze fainted on seeing his condition and she had to be resuscitated.A detailed referral letter was written and given to the relations.
“After an initial reluctance, they accepted the letter. But before leaving the 2 of them (Miss Ify and the Good Samaritan) decided to make a video to exonerate themselves from being implicated as being responsible for the patient’s condition. Most likely Miss Ify Helen Eze and her partner (Good Samaritan) are the people who videoed and posted on social media for reasons best known to them.
“Doren nurses pleaded with them to help take the patient to the vehicle and stop videoing. At no point in time did a Doren staff video the patient or laugh. One of the nurses spoke in Hausa trying to persuade them to assist in moving the patient who has already been positioned on our stair chair ready to be moved to the vehicle, instead they kept videoing.
“The following morning, our nurses reached out to Miss Ify Helen Eze to find about the current condition of the patient and we were told patient was currently hospitalized and receiving care in Evercare Hospital. 72hours after the referral from Doren Specialist Hospital, we were shocked to hcar that the young man had passed on. Doren and it staff empathize with the familyof the deceased. We have discussed with HEFAMMA, who is looking into the case and the Police at Ajiwe, Ajah who hfo called Miss Ify Helen Eze to confirm if she was the one who put the video on social media.”
The statement continued, “a detailed referral letter was written and given to the relations” who reluctantly received the letter after much persuasion. But before leaving the hospital, Helen Eze who the hospital claimed was Rico’s friend and the good Samaritan who brought in the victim decided to make a video to exonerate themselves from being implicated as being responsible for the patient’s condition.
“At no point did a Doren staff video the patient or laugh. One of the nurses spoke in Hausa trying to persuade them to assist in moving the patient who had already been positioned in our stair chair to be moved to the vehicle instead they kept videoing.”
They confirmed that Rico died at Evercare hospital and not theirs. Rico died on October 13, following injuries from an auto accident less than 72 hours before his death.
