Chimamanda Adichie Serves Euracare Hospital With Legal Notice Over Son’s Death

Celebrated Nigerian writer Chimamanda Adichie has issued a legal notice to Euracare Hospital in Lagos, accusing the facility of medical negligence in the death of her 21-month-old son, Nkanu Nnamdi.

KanyiDaily recalls that Nnamdi Nkanu, one of the writer’s twin boys, died on January 7, 2026, after complications that arose during a series of medical preparations.

According to the notice dated January 10, Adichie’s lawyers claimed that doctors and other medical staff at Euracare failed to meet the required standard of care.

The document states that the child was referred to Euracare on January 6 from Atlantis Pediatric Hospital to undergo urgent procedures ahead of an emergency medical evacuation.

These included a heart scan, brain MRI, insertion of a PICC line, and a lumbar puncture, noting that sedation was administered intravenously using propofol.

It was also noted that a specialist medical team at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, United States, had already been prepared to receive the child once the procedures were completed.

According to the legal filing, while the child was being moved from the MRI unit to the cardiac catheterisation lab and was still under sedation, he suddenly developed serious complications that later resulted in his death.

“Our clients inform us that these procedures were required as part of the preparatory process for the child’s transfer and medical evacuation to the United States, where a specialist team at Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, was already on standby to receive him,” the notice reads in part

“It is our further brief that sedation was administered on the child at your facility using propofol. During transport to the cath lab following the MRI procedure under intravenous sedation, the child suffered sudden and severe complications, culminating in his untimely death on the 7th of January, 2026.”

Adichie’s legal team alleged several failures in how the child was handled, claiming that the boy was transferred between departments without proper safety measures.

The notice raised concerns about possible errors in the dosage of propofol, poor airway management, lack of continuous monitoring, and movement without oxygen support, adequate equipment, or enough medical personnel present.

The hospital has been given seven days to provide certified copies of all medical records connected to the case.

These include admission notes, anaesthesia and drug charts, monitoring records, procedure reports, intensive care documents, and the names of all staff involved in the child’s care.

Euracare was also directed to preserve all relevant evidence, such as CCTV footage, electronic monitoring data, pharmacy logs, and internal communications.

The notice warned that any failure to comply or attempts to destroy evidence would result in legal action.

KanyiDaily recalls that the Lagos State Government had ordered a formal investigation into the allegations surrounding the death of Chimamanda Adichie’s son, Nkanu Nnamdi.