She died two weeks before the completion of her housemanship in a faulty elevator at General Hospital, Odan, Lagos Island.
The Lagos State investigation panel, which was given 48 hours to conclude investigation on the elevator accident which claimed the life of a medical doctor, Dr Vwaere Daiso, at the General Hospital, Lagos-Island, has handed over the elevator installer to the Nigerian police for questioning.
The panel will submit a report of its initial findings on Saturday for further actions to be taken on the matter.
SaharaReporters earlier reported on Wednesday that the female doctor died in a faulty elevator.
She died two weeks before the completion of her housemanship in a faulty elevator at General Hospital, Odan, Lagos Island.
The Lagos State government however set up an inquiry team to investigate the elevator accident that killed a medical doctor.
The state government in a release on Wednesday, said it received the news of the doctor’s death with shock.
The Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Information and Strategy, Mr Olumide Sogunle, in a statement on Friday said that the lift installer had been handed over to the Police for questioning.
He said: “A Panel comprising the Chairman of the Lagos State Health Service Commission (HSC), Permanent Secretary of the Health Service Commission, Director-General of the Safety Commission, Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Health; House officers and representatives of the medical associations, has been set up.
“The panel met with the Facility Manager, personnel of LASIAMA and the management of General Hospital, Lagos. The Panel had also met with the lift installer and the representatives of the company that installed the elevator.
“The Panel also invited a lift expert to the accident scene to look at the lift and give a preliminary opinion. Other experts would now take the elevator out for a thorough mechanical and electrical examination. As part of the panel’s activities from the first day when they interviewed the lift installer, they handed him over to the Police for questioning and further interrogation. This is to ensure that the installer will always be available if the panel needs him for further questions”.
“Six house officers and representatives of the medical associations were appointed as witnesses. Representatives of the House Officers and medical associations were allowed to be part of the panel.
“The panel was given 48 hours to conclude action and so it will be submitting a report of their initial findings on Saturday. And any other steps to be taken after that would be done by the appropriate authorities.”
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