LUTH doctor slumps, dies after 72-hour shift

A Lagos University Teaching Hospital medical doctor, Umoh Michael has died after performing a 72-hour marathon surgery at the neurosurgery unit.

The Association of Resident Doctors on Tuesday, in a protest letter titled ‘An Appeal By The House Officers Of LUTH’, and addressed to the chief medical director, expressed their deep grief over their colleague’s death.

The doctors also accused their senior colleagues of bullying, and not providing feeding and good accommodation.