Doctors Interpret Moji Olaiya’s Autopsy Report
Moji Olaiya, on Monday, released a statement which reads that the autopsy conducted on her remains showed that she died of a ‘natural medical cause ’ .
Moji ’ s brother , Femi Olaiya , on behalf of the family dispelled rumours that the late actress was posioned in Canada where she was delivered of a baby girl in Feburary .
However , doctors , who spoke with our correspondent on Monday, said that the autopsy report suggested that the late mother of two must have died of a traceable and demonstrable medical cause .
A medical consultant with the Ladoke Akintola University Teaching Hospital , Ogbomoso , Oyo State , Dr . Adeoye Oyewole said ,
“ Someone is said to have died of a ‘ medical cause ’ when there is a traceable and demonstrable medical pathology that is related to the death. The term ‘ natural medical cause ’ is not medical .
“ For instance, if the person had suffered a heart or cardiovascular event just before he / she died , that is a traceable medical cause . If the person also had an underlying medical condition like an enlarged heart but an event triggered a shock to the system to have caused the death , it is also a medical cause . ”
A cardiologist with the Lagos University Teaching Hospital , Idi- Araba , Dr . Afolabi Akinkunmi , corroborated Oyewole’ s views , saying there was always a medical cause to every death ; and an autopsy was usually carried out to establish the exact or underlying cause of the individual ’s death .
Akinkunmi said ,
“ There is always a medical cause for every natural death. If you have any doubt, then the autopsy report is conducted and the coroner will state it on the death certificate. ”
Another expert . Dr . Babajide Saheed , noted that a person who suffered a sudden cardiac arrest or a condition that shuts down the brain or nervous system in a short time is said to have died of a natural cause .
Saheed said , “There is always a medical pathology to every natural death . So a natural death means that there is nothing you could have done to help the individual , such as if the person experienced a sudden cardiac arrest and died even before getting to the hospital .
“ If a person that has a terminal disease such as leukemia dies , it is a natural death because there is nothing you could have done for the patient. These are natural deaths with a traceable medical pathology . ”
Source: Punch Newspapers
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