Celebrated Nigerian creator Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie and her husband, Ivara Esege, have requested a non-public hospital in Lagos, Euracare Multi-Specialist Hospital, to provide inside seven days full medical information and proof preservation in relation to the tragic demise of their 21-month-old son, Nkanu Adichie-Esege.
The demand was made by way of a letter, dated January 10, 2026, from a top-tier legislation agency, Pinheiro LP, and signed by the Founding Companion, Kemi Pinheiro (SAN).
Within the four-page letter, the hospital was accused of “prima facie breaches of the responsibility of care” within the therapy of the kid on January 6-7, 2026.
The kid, born on March 25, 2024, died on January 7, 2026, throughout medical procedures on the hospital.
The letter addressed to the Medical Director of the hospital, Tosin Majekodunmi, acknowledged that the kid was referred from Atlantis Pediatric Hospital for numerous procedures, together with an echocardiogram, mind MRI, PICC line insertion, and lumbar puncture, in preparation for switch to Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, the place a specialist workforce was awaiting.
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The letter additionally acknowledged that sedation with propofol was administered to the kid on the hospital, however throughout switch after the MRI, he skilled sudden problems leading to his demise.
The legal professionals raised vital considerations concerning the hospital’s dealing with of the therapy of the kid.
They alleged, “A preliminary analysis of the info, seen towards established requirements of paediatric anaesthetic and procedural care, raises critical and substantive considerations,” and recognized 12 particular points.
“These included the appropriateness of propofol use, dosing, airway safety throughout sedation, lack of oxygen throughout switch, absence of monitoring, and failure to comply with pediatric anaesthesia and affected person security protocols.
“The foregoing issues disclose prima facie breaches of the responsibility of care owed to the deceased youngster, and held the hospital, the anaesthesiologist, and all attending medical employees accountable for medical negligence that led to his demise.
The letter particularly demanded that the hospital launch, inside seven days, licensed copies of all information associated to the kid’s care, together with admission notes, consent varieties, drug charts, monitoring and procedural information, ICU reviews, incident reviews, and particulars of all concerned medical personnel.
Moreover, the hospital is formally instructed to protect all proof related to this matter, whether or not bodily, digital, or digital,” akin to CCTV footage, digital monitoring knowledge, pharmacy information, and inside opinions.
The legal professionals warned that destroying or altering proof after receiving the discover can be thought-about obstruction of justice, with authorized penalties.
They acknowledged that failure to conform inside 7 days would lead to additional authorized, regulatory, and judicial actions towards the hospital and its personnel, with the plaintiffs’ rights and claims absolutely reserved.
“Non-compliance inside the 7-day window would set off ‘all out there authorized, regulatory, and judicial cures towards your hospital and all medical personnel concerned, together with your self,” the letter acknowledged, issued “with out prejudice to our shoppers’ rights, claims, and cures, all of that are hereby expressly reserved,” the legal professionals acknowledged.
Euracare Multi-Specialist Hospital has but to reply publicly to the letter.
