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Chimamanda’s Son – Dr. Anthea Esege Nwandu Addresses Inconsistencies in Euracare Hospital’s Statement on Nephew’s Death.The growing controversy surrounding the death of Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie and Dr. Ivara Esege’s 21-month-old son, Nkanu Nnamdi Esege, has taken a significant turn.
Dr. Anthea Esege Nwandu, the child’s aunt and a dual board-certified Internal Medicine physician with 30 years of global clinical experience in Nigeria and the United States, is debunking Euracare Multi-Specialist Hospital’s statement released on Saturday, January 10, 2026.
The statement relates to the circumstances of the child’s passing, which occurred at Euracare’s facility.”In their press statement, Euracare claims that there are inaccuracies in the account of how my nephew passed. Which inaccuracies exactly?” she asked.
In a detailed rebuttal, Dr. Nwandu has identified alleged significant falsehoods in the hospital’s statement. Below, she contrasts the specific claims made by Euracare with what she describes as “the documented truth of the situation
.”Claims vs. Reality According to Dr Nwandu Euracare claims the child had received care at two paediatric centres. This is false. He was in one hospital before coming to Euracare for the procedures.Euracare claims they provided care “in line with established clinical protocols and internationally accepted medical standards.” International standards demand that a child on oxygen who is given sedation must have continuous oxygen therapy.
Did Euracare do this? No! They confirmed this verbally to me when I went to the hospital to question the doctors.International standards demand that the child should have had continuous monitoring of oxygen levels in his blood. Did Euracare do this? NoInternational standards demand continuous monitoring of pulse and respiration. Did Euracare do this?
NoInternational standards demand that when moving the child from one part of the hospital to another, the child must be accompanied by resuscitative equipment in case he stops breathing (stopping breathing is a risk of anesthesia), and this can easily be done by a simple apparatus called an ambubag.
Did Euracare do this? No.Since there was no monitoring, is it possible to accurately document when the child stopped breathing or for how long he was pulseless before he was resuscitated? No. Is it international standard for an anesthesiologist to carry a child post-sedation on his shoulder, unable to visually see the child, with absolutely no monitoring, while insisting that he alone would be in the elevator with the child?
No.To transfer the child to the ICU, the anesthesiologist disconnected his oxygen and again carried him on his shoulder. Is that standard practice? No.Dr. Nwandu asserts that the child was medically stable and booked for a scheduled evacuation flight to Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore when the alleged negligence took place.
(Dr. Anthea Esege Nwandu is board-certified by both the American Board of Internal Medicine and the American Board of Lifestyle Medicine. She is also a Fellow of the American College of Physicians. Dr. Nwandu holds a Master of Public Health degree from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.)
