Cross River: Anger As  Pregnant Woman Dies in Labour With Her Baby In-between Her Legs

By Stanley Ekpenyong, South-South Bureau Chief

Residents of Sankwala, headquarters of Obanliku local government area of Cross River state, could not contain their anger when a pregnant woman died this morning with her unborn child in between her legs in a government hospital due to lack of doctors.

An investigative journalist and human rights activist, Agba Jalingo who shared the video of the heart-breaking occurrence captioned it:  “Woman In Labor Dies With Unborn Child In-between Her Legs In Obanliku Hospital Due To Neglect

“This is the General Hospital in Sankwala, Obanliku LGA in Northern Cross River.

A narrator in the video,  amidst the wailing and bowed faces of the residents,  especially women who thronged the hospital,  could be heard crying repeatedly, “Obanliku is abandoned”,  “Obanliku is abandoned”,  “no doctor is resident in Obanliku,  no chairs,  nothing; here is a woman who had no help,  she is late today with her baby,  Obanliku is abandoned”