My Son Was Killed’, Former Anambra Governor Says

Jim Nwobodo said that an injection which was administered by a doctor led to complications which caused his son's death.

Former Governor of the old Anambra State, Jim Nwobodo has said that his late son, Ifeanyichukwu Nwobodo Jnr was killed as a result of a doctor’s negligence.

The senior Nwobodo said that an injection which was administered to his son led to complications which caused his death.

He also blamed the doctor involved for referring the late Ifeanyichukwu to a private hospital instead of the University of Nigeria Teaching Hospital (UNTH) in Enugu which had better facilities.

According to the former governor his son had received treatment at the Anderson Medical Cancer Centre in Houston, Texas and was doing much better when he returned to Nigeria.

Nwobodo said:

“My son was ill for five months before I knew about it and we were planning to go to India before we took him to the U.S. He was given a visa for two years because the cancer was at stage four, but they treated him.”

“When he came back, his leg started to swell and he thought he should see a doctor and I advised him to see the best oncologist. It took us three weeks to see the doctor.”

“On Friday – I was speaking with him three times a day – and he was to see the doctor by 5pm and between 5:30 and 6pm, I called him and he said he was with the doctor, I requested to speak with the doctor but he said he was busy but instead of the doctor taking him to UNTH, he took him to his private clinic, where he had no equipment, no facility at all,” he said.

“I called him again and when I didn’t hear from him I sent him text and I asked the doctor to tell me why he gave my son injection that made him unconscious, he said he was sorry and that he was trying to resuscitate him. I spoke with him by 6:30pm and by 7 pm he was dead.”

“It is painful because this is something that would have been averted and I can’t understand why a dean of Department of Medicine should leave the hospital where he has all the equipment to go to his private clinic and I believe that is how some other people die,” Nwobodo concluded.

Jim Ifeanyichukwu Nwobodo Jr. died on November 14, 2014 in Enugu.