{"id":124958,"date":"2026-01-13T17:41:19","date_gmt":"2026-01-13T16:41:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=124958"},"modified":"2026-01-13T17:41:19","modified_gmt":"2026-01-13T16:41:19","slug":"kano-mother-of-five-dies-after-botched-surgery-family-alleges-negligence-at-urology-centre","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/kano-mother-of-five-dies-after-botched-surgery-family-alleges-negligence-at-urology-centre\/","title":{"rendered":"Kano Mother of Five Dies After Botched Surgery, Family Alleges Negligence at Urology Centre"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">By Tracy Moses<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The death of a Kano-based housewife, Aishatu Umar, following months of severe post-surgical complications at the Abubakar Imam Urology Centre has triggered public outrage and renewed scrutiny of patient safety standards in the state\u2019s healthcare system.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Aishatu, a mother of five, died at about 1:00 a.m. on Tuesday after enduring persistent abdominal pain allegedly linked to a surgical procedure carried out at the specialist hospital in September. She is survived by her husband and children.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Family members said the surgery was meant to address an illness she developed several months earlier. Instead, they claimed her condition worsened almost immediately after the operation, with intense abdominal pain that never subsided.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Speaking on behalf of the family, Abubakar Mohammed said Aishatu returned to the urology centre repeatedly over a four-month period, complaining of worsening pain and discomfort.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">According to him, hospital officials allegedly limited their response to prescribing pain-relief medication, without conducting thorough investigations to identify the cause of her deteriorating condition.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Abubakar Imam Urology Centre, a public health facility in Kano, offers specialised urological and surgical services to patients from within the state and neighbouring regions. Like many government-owned specialist hospitals across Nigeria, the centre operates under heavy patient load, limited specialist manpower and overstretched surgical facilities\u2014challenges that have continued to raise concerns about post-operative monitoring and patient safety.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The family alleged that it was only two days before Aishatu\u2019s death that comprehensive tests and scans were finally carried out. The results, they claimed, revealed that a pair of surgical scissors had been left inside her abdomen during the September operation.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">They said arrangements were being made for a corrective surgery following the discovery, but her condition deteriorated rapidly before the procedure could be performed. She died in the early hours of Tuesday.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Describing the incident as a grave violation of medical ethics and safety standards, the family accused the hospital of negligence and demanded a full investigation by the Kano State Government and relevant health regulatory bodies.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">They said the case underscored broader concerns about post-surgical care, internal safety protocols and accountability mechanisms in public healthcare facilities, stressing that justice must be served for the deceased and her family.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Confirming the development, the ministry\u2019s Public Relations Officer, Nabilusi Abubakar, said officials were already deliberating on the matter and would address the public shortly.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cWe are currently holding a meeting on the issue, and we intend to call a press conference shortly to address it,\u201d he said.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">As of the time of filing this report, Pointblanknews.com gathered that the Kano State Ministry of Health had convened an emergency meeting to review the incident and determine the next course of action.<\/div>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Tracy Moses The death of a Kano-based housewife, Aishatu Umar, following months of severe post-surgical complications at the Abubakar Imam Urology Centre has triggered public outrage and renewed scrutiny&hellip;<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":124959,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-124958","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - 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