The Lagos State Government, on Wednesday, said it had set up a panel of inquiry to look into the circumstances surrounding the incident and promised to sanction anyone found culpable.
It was gathered that Diaso was in the elevator on her way to get her food from a dispatch rider when the incident happened.
She was rushed to the emergency ward of the hospital where she was confirmed dead.
Following this, a protest rocked the hospital on Wednesday as her colleagues besieged the premises and grounded activities there.
The protesters carried placards with inscriptions such as, “I don’t want to die,” “Doctors’ lives matter,” “Justice for Vwaere,” “The system failed you, Diaso,” and “Here is Vwaere Diaso, she didn’t have to die for us to get it right.”
Diaso’s protesting colleagues shut the hospital’s main gate, the health service commission’s gate, and the Lagos Island Maternity Hospital’s gate.
However, a Wednesday statement by the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Information and Strategy, Olumide Sogunle, said the government was shocked at the news of the incident.
Sogunle said, “An inquiry by a team of officials from the Lagos State Ministry of Health, Lagos State Health Service Commission, Lagos State Safety Commission, and certified Lift and Vertical Transportation Equipment experts has commenced.
“The Lagos State Government will ensure that anyone found negligent by the report of the inquiry will face appropriate sanctions.”
Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu also commiserated with the deceased’s family.
“In light of this tragedy, I have taken immediate action to initiate a thorough investigation into the cause of the mechanical failure,” the governor said in a statement via @jidesanwoolu on X.
Text except headline courtesy Punch.
