Hospital opens probe as Chimamanda blames facility for son’s death

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The management of Euracare Multispecialist Hospital, Lagos, has begun an investigation into the circumstances surrounding the death of Nkanu Nnamdi, the 21-month-old son of renowned Nigerian author Chimamanda Adichie.

This comes amid outrage generated on social media after the popular writer, on Saturday, accused the hospital’s staff of medical negligence leading to her son’s death.

Adichie said her son was taken to the hospital on Tuesday for an MRI scan and the insertion of a central line.

In a statement shared via X (formerly Twitter), she explained that the ordeal began during yuletide when her son developed what was initially thought to be a cold but later turned into “a very serious infection.” Punch