Award-winning Nigerian author, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, has accused Euracare Multi-Specialist Hospital, Victoria Island, Lagos, of negligence and alleged attempts to frustrate investigations into the death of her 21-month-old twin son, Nkanu.
Nkanu died on January 7, 2026, following a brief illness.
In a post shared on Instagram on Saturday, Adichie made public a letter she said she had written to the Chairman of the Board of Directors of Euracare Multi-Specialist Hospital, explaining that she decided to speak publicly because silence was no longer an option.
According to the author, the hospital engaged in conduct which, in her view, appeared designed to delay and obstruct inquiries into the circumstances surrounding her son’s death.
Adichie alleged that the hospital’s Medical Director, Dr. Tosin Majekodunmi, initially admitted that errors were made during her son’s treatment and accepted responsibility.
“The day after Nkanu died, on January 8, the medical director visited our home in Ikoyi and admitted the errors made by the anesthesiologist. He accepted full responsibility. He also said that he would fire the anesthesiologist, Dr. Titus Ogundare,” Adichie alleged.
She, however, claimed that the hospital’s position later changed.
Adichie further alleged that the hospital failed to provide situation reports and medical records it had promised her family, adding that the records eventually released were incomplete.
According to her, Majekodunmi had told her on January 6 that the anesthesiologist administered “too much propofol” to her son.
“On January 6, at Euracare hospital, the Medical Director, Dr. Tosin Majekodunmi, whom I considered a friend and trusted as a physician, told me that the anesthesiologist had given my son Nkanu ‘too much propofol.’ Those were his exact words to me after I saw him rushing into the Cath lab where Nkanu was,” she wrote.
The author also alleged that her son was not properly monitored after sedation and that complications from the procedure eventually led to his death.
Adichie disputed the cause of death stated on Nkanu’s death certificate, saying the hospital’s claim that he died of bacterial and fungal meningitis was unsupported by medical evidence.
“We were later startled to see that Euracare had indicated that his cause of death was bacterial and fungal meningitis. This is inaccurate. There was no medical evidence to make such a claim on his death certificate,” she stated.
She also criticised the hospital’s handling of the matter through its lawyers, particularly the description of her son’s death as a “dispute.”
“Euracare lawyers wrote a letter referring to our son’s death as a ‘dispute.’ This kind of language is baffling in its heartlessness,” Adichie stated.
The author further alleged that although Euracare initially applied for a coroner’s inquest into Nkanu’s death, the hospital later took steps which she said had delayed the process.
According to her, the hospital has now approached a High Court in relation to the inquest proceedings, a move she described as troubling.
“Most egregiously, Euracare is now asking a High Court to stop the inquest. An inquest is a public judicial inquiry designed to establish the circumstances surrounding a death. It is not a trial. It is not a claim for damages. It is simply a search for the truth,” she stated.
Adichie maintained that her family is seeking answers on the circumstances that led to the death of her son and why, according to her, the hospital has not fully cooperated with the process.
When contacted for comment, an official of Euracare who answered the call reportedly declined to respond to the allegations and asked that the hospital be visited for management’s reaction.
As of the time of filing this report, the hospital had not issued an official public response to the allegations made by Adichie.
