The controversy surrounding the ‘ruptured’ womb of a patient who was operated at the Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital (AKTH) has taken dimension as the management of the facility refuted the claims.

Besides, the management of the hospital accused the popular Berekete programme, a public audience show in Kaduna State of allegedly plotting to damage its reputation.

The patient, who was featured on the Berekete audience show, revealed how she was admitted to deliver a baby at AKTH in 2017, only for her to discover that her uterus had been removed without her consent.

In a video that went viral on social media, the woman claimed that as soon as she was taken to the labour room in the presence of he husband, she was induced and subsequently lost consciousness.

In the narration, she claimed to have regained consciousness after the 6th day in the hospital where she was told that her baby was brought out dead from the womb.

Reacting to the allegation, AKTH’s Chief Medical Director Dr. Abdurrahman Abba Sheshe, claimed that the revelations of the female patient circulating on social media were baseless.

Sheshe explained that the patient underwent a life-saving surgery following her complications during pregnancy.

The CMD revealed that the surgery was necessitated by a ‘ruptured uterus’ which caused internal bleeding and the death of the unborn child.

“The female patient was first presented at the hospital in February 2012 and later underwent a life-saving surgery in October 2012 following complications during pregnancy,” he said.

“The patient was in shock with a blood pressure of 80/40 and a pulse rate of 140. By the time she arrived, the fetal heart sounds were absent, and the baby was already outside the uterus.”

Contrary to the submission of the female patient, Sheshe insisted that consent for the procedure was obtained, the sequel to the collection of tissue specimens, which was sent to the hospital’s histopathology department, where it is.

He said the deceased infant’s body was subsequently handed over to the patient’s husband the following day for burial, as standard practice required.

“The claims that the hospital removed the uterus without consent and mishandled the child’s body are not only untrue but also a deliberate attack on the integrity of this hospital and the Federal government’s free cesarean section program,” he said.

The CMD said the consent form only contained a signature, and no name was written.

Shehse declined a request to provide the name or picture of the person who signed the consent while insisting a copy of the controversial consent form could not be provided before journalists.