Mrs. Ifeanyi Chima was one of Lagos delegates that attended a
rally organised for women by the First Lady, Mrs. Patience
Jonathan, in Abuja on August 15, 2013.
The vehicle, which Chima and five other women were travelling in,
had an accident along Abuja/Gwagwalada road when they were
going back to Lagos the following day.
Their coordinator, Princess Abigael Adisa, died in the accident.
Chima and four others were lucky to survive the accident, but
sustained various degrees of injuries. Until her death, Adisa was
the Coordinator of the Women for Change and Development
Initiative in Ifako/Ijaye Local Government Area of Lagos.
Chima, in an interview with PUNCH at the Intensive Care Unit of
Primus Super Specialty Hospital (popularly known as Indian
Hospital) in the Karu area of Abuja, on Tuesday, painted a sad
picture of how she almost lost her limbs to the accident.
She said, “Five of us were brought to this hospital. I had a broken
left arm and dislocation on my left leg. Mrs. Titilayo Olorunda also
had a broken leg. She has been taken to another ward because she
was formerly here (in the intensive care unit). But after a surgery
she was taken to her ward. When I had the injury, I had some open
wounds in my hands.”
“At the specialist hospital in Gwagwalada, instead of treating the
skin, they covered it up. It was when they brought us here (Indian
Hospital) when I was complaining bitterly that the doctor said they
should open it. That was when they started treating the place I
had bruises. I had my surgical operation some days ago.
“The doctors and nurses here are wonderful. This is what I want
our doctors and nurses in Nigerian hospitals to learn. They should
be caring. Human life needs to be taken care of. When you see
somebody in pains, take care of that person because that person
needs you at that point in time.”
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