Author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s family accuse hospital of negligence over son’s death

The family of Nigerian novelist Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie has accused a hospital of negligence over the death of her 21-month-old son.Nkanu Nnamdidied at a hospital in Nigeria on Wednesdayfollowing a short illness, leaving the family of the acclaimed postcolonial feminist writer “devastated”.Now, the family allege there was a litany of failures at Euracare Hospital in Lagos that led to the toddler’s death, including being denied oxygen and being given too much sedation, causing a heart attack.The hospital expressed its “deepest sympathies” over the loss of the child but denied improper care, which it said had been in line with international standards.