{"id":27771,"date":"2026-03-05T07:54:14","date_gmt":"2026-03-05T05:54:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/?post_type=news&#038;p=27771"},"modified":"2026-03-05T07:54:14","modified_gmt":"2026-03-05T05:54:14","slug":"nigeria-suspends-doctors-after-death-of-chimamanda-adichies-son","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/news\/nigeria-suspends-doctors-after-death-of-chimamanda-adichies-son\/","title":{"rendered":"Nigeria suspends doctors after death of Chimamanda Adichie\u2019s son"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Nigeria\u2019s medical authorities have provisionally suspended the Director of a private hospital and two other doctors following the death of Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie\u2019s 21-month-old son.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The child, Nkanu Adichie-Esege, one of twins, died on January 7 after complications arose during preparatory medical procedures at Euracare Hospital in Lagos.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The Medical and Dental Council of Nigeria (MDCN) said its investigation panel established a prima facie case of medical negligence against Euracare Hospital and Atlantis Hospital in relation to the child\u2019s treatment.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Following the investigation, the council provisionally suspended the three doctors involved, including the director of the private hospital, from practising medicine pending the outcome of disciplinary tribunal proceedings.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The MDCN said the move was part of its regulatory responsibility to maintain professional standards within Nigeria\u2019s healthcare system, while investigations into the circumstances surrounding the child\u2019s death continue.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;ChannelAfrica&#8211;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":27772,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"news-type":[78,26],"class_list":["post-27771","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","news-type-featured","news-type-general_news","entry"],"acf":{"short_description":"Nigeria\u2019s medical authorities have provisionally suspended the Director of a private hospital following the death of Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie\u2019s 21-month-old son","published_date":"2026-03-05 07:52:39","news_description":"Nigeria\u2019s medical authorities have provisionally suspended the Director of a private hospital following the death of Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie\u2019s 21-month-old son","form_embed":"","author":"","image_caption":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/27771","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/27771\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27773,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/27771\/revisions\/27773"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/27772"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27771"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"news-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-type?post=27771"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}