In February 2022, The Fourth Estate wrote to the Ablekuma North Municipal Health Directorate requesting data on maternal and infant mortality at the New Generation Medical Centre, Sakaman, from 2019 to 2021.
Court awards couple NT$3.6m over test mix-up
By Huang Chia-lin and William Hetherington / Staff reporter, with staff writer
A judge last week awarded a Kaohsiung couple NT$3.6 million (US$125,205) after a mix-up over a medical test led them to believe their daughter would not have spinal muscular atrophy (SMA).
The couple had paid for numerous tests to ensure their pregnancy was progressing smoothly, but a lab mixed up the results with those of another couple, the father, who asked to be identified only as Eric, said on Saturday.
Although the hospital and the lab were exempt from criminal responsibility for the mix-up, the couple filed a civil suit at the Kaohsiung District Court, he said.
Hoodlums kill four in Ibadan
Barely a week of the inauguration of Delta Hawk by Governor Ifeanyi Okowa to flush out criminals in the state, the security outfit on Tuesday evening killed a woman in Asaba.
It was gathered that a stray bullet from the team hit the woman, a trader, who was identified as Amaka Ohanaja, while she was in her shop. She died on the spot.
According to sources, the Operation Delta Hawk team was chasing a boy who was escaping from them when they allegedly opened fire on him but the bullet hit the woman, whose shop is located around Government House.