“As a civil liability insurer, we can only intervene if our insured committed a medical mistake. A medical mistake is a culpable shortcoming of the healthcare personnel, who didn’t correctly execute a certain prescribed action or put insufficient effort to prevent the damage,” the insurance company, Ethias wrote.
Succour, however, came when the hospital, in 2019, admitted the medical error after several months and with volumes of expert medical analyses and reports. Following admittance of error, the hospital accepted responsibility and its insurer was to negotiate compensation with Mrs Ogbole-Spittael and her husband, William Spittael.The joy of the hospital admitting their error was short-lived when, Ethias, which was meant to work out a compensation package with Mrs Ogbole-Spittael, was not forthcoming as no compensation has been paid to date.
Accepting the offer of surrogacy, Mrs Ogbole-Spittael consulted with members of her family, with her sister-in-law, Susan Ogbole, accepting to carry a child for her. Answering a question on why the family chose the hospital the second time, Mrs Ogbole-Spittael said it was the closest to them and other professionals referred them to the hospital.
“I felt so much pain when they gave the epidural and after the session, I felt much more pains. I remember telling the midwife of the pains and she said it meant the epidural was good and successful. A.J Ogbole, her husband and the younger brother to Mrs Ogbole-Spittael, also explained how he and his children are suffering from the hardship brought on the family through medical negligence.
She said if Mrs Ogbole leaves Belgium by October without the family completing the legal process, her ability to be the full legal mother of her child would be denied.Williams Spittael, Ajima’s Belgian husband, said all attempts to get the Belgian authority to wade into the matter have been unsuccessful.
“My family has been through serious agony, it has become clear that the hospital, AZ Sint-Jan Bruges, acting through their insurance, Ethias, has abandoned good faith and chosen the unholy path of frustrating an already agonizing family through unnecessary threats of Court actions,” he said. The Ogbole family has also written to the Nigerian Embassy in Belgium and the Nigerians in Diaspora Commission over the matter. They say they are awaiting responses from the agencies.
Please the women should take legal action immediately.
About 13 fibroids removed, the womb was left intact, while the cervix was amputated in error. Very strange 🤔
Slaying in the mud.
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