UNICAL medical board to investigate student’s death
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The Medical Board is also to determine if the death could have been prevented and examine the roles played by the individual staff members of the Medical Centre in managing the patient.
The medical board of the University of Calabar (UNICAL) will conduct an immediate investigation into the circumstances surrounding a student’s death.
Miss Precious Agini, a third-year student in the Department of Library and Information Science, died on January 28 at the university’s Medical Centre.
Prof. Florence Obi, UNICAL’s Vice Chancellor, gave the order in a statement released on Sunday in Calabar by Mr Gabriel Egbe, the Registrar.
Egbe stated that the vice-chancellor, as well as the entire institution, valued her students’ lives and was devastated by the painful loss reported at the institution’s Medical Centre.
“The Medical Board is to investigate the circumstances surrounding the deceased’s admission at the University Medical Centre.”
“The Medical Board is also to determine if the death could have been prevented and examine the roles played by the individual staff of the Medical Centre in managing the patient.”
“The Board is also expected to establish the veracity or otherwise of allegations of carelessness or negligence of duty among the staff of the hospital in handling the patient and advise management on how to avoid a reoccurrence of similar situations in the future.”
“The report of the board is expected to reach the Vice-Chancellor on or before Feb. 2.
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