Family discharges Nigerian actor, Zack Orji against medical advice, says abuja hospital management

The National Hospital Abuja has disclosed that the family of popular actor, Zack Orji voluntarily discharged him from the facility against medical advice, while preparation was ongoing for his surgery, after he had been stabilized by the authority.

Penpushing reports that spokesperson of the hospital, Tayo Haastrup made the clarification following insinuation that the National Hospital referred the 64-year-old patient to a private hospital for brain surgery.

“To set the record straight, the actor, who was brought in on New Year’s Eve and admitted to the intensive care unit, was stabilised by National Hospital Abuja and moved to the ENT ward’, the statement reads.

“Later in the day, he was transferred to the orthopaedic ward, where our surgeons began preparing him for surgery. However, the relatives of the patient signed a form “Leaving Against Medical Advice” on 1 January 2024. This thwarted all preparations for his surgery. Nevertheless, the Management of National Hospital Abuja wishes him a speedy recovery’, Haastrup wrote

Penpushing further reports that the news of the renowned Nigerian actor’s brain surgery became public after the Minister of Arts, Culture, and the Creative Economy, Hannatu Musawa, visited him at the private hospital.

The Minister in a statement by her Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Nneka Anibeze, disclosed that the actor underwent brain surgery on January 1, 2024, expressing sympathy for the veteran actor’s family, who she described as a national asset and expressed confidence in his recovery.

‘God will heal him, and he will be well. We will do all we can to support him. We solicit the collective prayers of Nigerians because he is like a part of our families. We have watched him entertain us, and we see him as a national treasure. So the best we can do is to ensure that we support him to have the best treatment’, Musawa said.

‘We will reach out to other well-meaning Nigerians to support Zack Orji through prayers and other means available to ensure that he survives this ailment. This is not only about the ministry which I am representing. You know that Zack Orji has been in the industry for decades. This is a man who has given his time and effort to entertain Nigerians’, she added

Penpushing also reports that the Minister pointed out that Orji was one of the individuals who laid the foundation for Nollywood and the film industry in Nigeria, stressing that now that he is sick, the least the government can do is to give him all the necessary support through prayers and otherwise to ensure his life is saved.

‘This will also propel the administration to look at the welfare of artistes and others in the industry who have not only given their time and energy but people like Zack Orji who have become national treasures,” the minister added.

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