Doctor falls to death in Lagos hospital elevator

<p>A medical doctor, Dr. Vwaere Diaso, Tuesday, died at the General Hospital, Odan, Lagos Island, after an elevator she took crashed.</p>, <p>According to findings by our correspondent, the hospital elevator that killed the late Diaso crashed from the 10th floor to the ground floor.</p>, <p>It was also gathered that the late doctor was rushed to the emergency ward of the hospital for treatment but eventually died.</p>, <p>A colleague of Diaso, who craved anonymity, told our correspondent that the elevator had malfunctioned several times before now.</p>, <p>“On multiple occasions, the elevator has stopped while we were inside. And there’s no maintenance,” he said.</p>, <p>He also told our correspondent that the hospital management was aware of the poor state of the elevator but failed to act.</p>, <p>“We report every time. The elevator is supposed to carry 630kg maximum, that’s eight people.”</p>, <p>He stated that since the elevator started malfunctioning, the staff of the hospital started reducing the number of people in it every time to avoid congestion.</p>, <p>“Once you open the elevator and see two people already, you just have to wait for the next batch.”</p>, <p>“It was faulty and they knew about it. That’s why we’re not going to take this,” he stated.</p>, <p>He disclosed further that the late Diaso had just two weeks left to the completion of her housemanship at the hospital, noting that she was a “very diligent house officer.”</p>, <p>“She was very hardworking,” he said.</p>