Its Secretary at the Lagos branch, Dr Ismail Ajibowo, disclosed this in an interview yesterday in Lagos.
Diaso, a medical house officer with General Hospital, Odan, Lagos, died on August 1, as a result of injuries sustained when she was in an elevator that crashed in the staff quarters of the hospital.
According to Ajibowo, investigation was still ongoing in the case, stressing that the NMA would ensure that justice was served to avert future occurrence.
He said last week, the association met the state Commissioner for Health, Prof. Akin Abayomi, on the case and other issues affecting the state’s healthcare system. “We await the outcome of the investigations as it will determine our next steps or action,” Ajibowo said.
According to him, activities have since resumed at the hospital, as the welfare of patients remains foremost.
READ ALSO:Insecurity: Service chiefs, IGP appear before House of Reps
The NMA, on August 2, directed medical doctors in three government hospitals on Lagos Island to embark on an indefinite strike over the death of Diaso.
It also directed all doctors in all the other government hospitals in the state to scale down activities as a mark of respect for their dead colleague and only allowed emergency services to be rendered for five days at the other hospitals.
Reacting to the incident, Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu had described the death of Diaso as devastating, adding that his administration had set up a panel to investigate the tragedy in a transparent and unbiased manner.
Following the panel’s recommendation, Sanwo-Olu, on August 6, ordered the suspension of the General Manager, Lagos State Infrastructure and Asset Management Agency (LASIAMA), Mrs Adenike Adekanbi.
The suspension was due to LASIAMA’s failure to effectively oversee the activities of the facility management company in charge of the house officers’ quarters of the hospital.
The government also sacked and blacklisted the facility managers, while the installation and maintenance contractors were handed over to the police for further investigation and likely prosecution, if found culpable.
The state also said engineers were working to unravel the reason all the safety devices of the elevator failed at the same time.
