Oluwatosin OmojuyigbeThe family of Paul Akpala and the National Hospital Abuja are currently engaged in shifting the blame over the death of the 17-year-old. There were CT scans, fast and X-ray requests. He said, “The management of the National Hospital Abuja has reacted to the story of the late Paul Akpata, which wrongly accused the hospital of killing the patient. “Although the CT scan machine is under repair in our facility, when it became necessary to have CT scan, the patient was moved to a diagnostic centre on ventilator, accompanied by two senior doctors and a nurse. The CT scan showed pulmonary fat embolism, which is a known complication of long bone fracture with attendant poor outcome.

Source: Punch February 11, 2019 00:45 UTC