How Prof Dora Akunyili Was Killed By American Doctors Over Wrong Diagnosis

                                      

 Odogwuemekaodogwu.com reports that wrong diagnosis and wrong prescription is not only in Nigeria or Africa but even in United States Of America (USA),  there are wrong diagnosis and even prescriptions.

That is the story of how wrong diagnosis killed Prof Dora Akunyili odogwuemekaodogwu.com reports. Diagnosed cancer in Nigeria but was dismissed in America that there was no cancer yet cancer killed her over 14 years after cancer killed her. Who killed her Americans?

The story goes thus ---------It all began in 1998 when Dora Akunyili was informed by her Nigerian doctors that she had a growth and needed

surgery. She was the then Zonal Secretary (South-east) of the Petroleum (Special) Trust Fund.

Visibly scared, Prof Akunyili immediately took off to America for diagnosis to get a second opinion and then undergo the prescribed surgery. The bill for the medical trip was $17,000, including $12,000 for the surgery.

Sequel to the pre-surgery check-up in the US, the doctors told her the Nigerian doctors had made a wrong diagnosis and that she did not need any surgery. It was said to be a minor issue that medication would solve.

Relieved, Madam Dora thanked God and the doctors and, to their surprise, said she was going to return the money meant for the surgery to PTF. That was strange. Nigerian government officials had devised a way of making sure such monies were not returned to the treasury.

Surprised at this strange Nigerian, the hospital informed the PTF, under the leadership of Major Gen. Muhammadu Buhari, about one honest Nigerian they had found. Buhari, himself a straightforward person, was very impressed. He wrote a letter to Akunyili commending her honesty.

When President Olusegun Obasanjo wanted to appoint a director-general for the National Agency for Drug and Food Administration and Control (NAFDAC) in 2001 and asked for the recommendation of an honest Nigerian pharmacist. Akunyili’s name promptly came up. Someone who had heard about her PTF record recommended her.

However, objections were raised that the minister of health, Prof. ABC Nwosu, was an Igbo from Anambra State and NAFDAC, being a powerful agency under the ministry, should not be headed by another Igbo from Anambra.

It was also argued that the market for fake and substandard products were controlled by the Igbo, with Onitsha – also in Anambra State – a major centre for the illicit business. She was going to protect “her people”, the antagonists said.

The then President Obasanjo recalcitrantly ignored the observations and appointed her. She went on to do a credible job and ended up as one of the most outstanding public officers in Nigeria’s history, celebrated locally and globally.

The fact that she lost her sister to fake drugs was perhaps the impetus she needed to go on the offensive.

Meanwhile, Akunyili always went abroad for check-ups and she was always given an all-clear. She continued to look robust and energetic, and took up another government job as minister of information and communications.

But on July 13, 2013, something strange happened to her. She was preparing to travel to the United States to receive an award. The following day was her birthday. Her 59th, precisely. Then she fell ill. She was physically weak and having pains. She decided to go ahead with her trip and attend to her health in the United States.

It was while she was there that new checks were carried out. Alas, she had cancer. The original diagnosis in 1998 was right. But the diagnosis at the point of surgery was wrong. She became seriously ill and there were fears she could lose her life. She was in the hospital for months and only returned to Nigeria this year when the doctors said she was improving.

Her last public appearance was at the National Conference in Abuja, where she was a delegate. Pictures of a frail-looking Akumyili soon went viral on the internet. TheCable could not ascertain the type of cancer, but there are several reports pinpointing cervical.

Globally, cervical cancer is the second most common and the fifth deadliest cancer in women, according to the World Health Organisation (WHO). Akunyili died on June 7, 2014 in India after surviving many death rumours.

Odogwuemekaodogwu.com adapted this from Cable news