Diaso: Police arrest three over doctor’s death

<p>The Police Command in Lagos State has confirmed the arrest of three persons over the death of Dr Vware Diaso at the General Hospital in Lagos.</p>, <p>The command’s spokesperson, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, confirmed the arrest on Saturday to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos.</p>, <p>Hundeyin, who did not mention the identities of the suspects, said that the police had begun an investigation into the case.</p>, <p>NAN reports that a faulty elevator at the General Hospital, Odan, Lagos, claimed the life of a medical doctor, Vware Diaso, who was working at the facility.</p>, <p>The incident reportedly happened on Wednesday evening when the deceased, who lived on the 9th floor of the building, wanted to meet a dispatch rider who had brought her the food she earlier ordered online.</p>, <p>The deceased, a graduate of Babcock University, Ilishan Remo, Ogun State, was said to be undergoing her mandatory one-year internship programme at the hospital and had less than two weeks to complete the programme when the tragedy happened.</p>, <p>Reports said that the hospital elevator that killed the late Diaso crashed from the 10th floor to the ground floor.</p>, <p>It was also gathered that the late doctor was rushed to the emergency ward of the hospital for treatment but eventually died.</p>, <p>The sources also pointed out that the elevator had malfunctioned several times before the incident, but serious attention was not given to it by the hospital management.</p>, <p>Meanwhile, Gov. Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State has vowed to get to the root of the doctor’s death through thorough investigation, as he condoles with the victim’s family.</p>, <p>(NAN)</p>