"My mum was rejected by 3 hospitals before she died"- singer's stepson says

There is a new twist over the sudden death of Ras Kimonos widow, Efemena as her son has revealed that she was actually rejected by three hospitals before she died.

During an exclusive interview with NET, Onome Akpobome who happens to be Ras Kimono's stepson (Efemena had him before she got married to Ras Kimono) said the death of his mother remains a mystery because she was okay up until when she began to complain of chest pains.

"On Saturday, we went to the beach for my uncle’s birthday. Nothing went wrong until about 2 a.m when she woke us up to change over because PHCN had brought the light, she then went upstairs and started complaining of chest pain. At this point, she started breathing awkwardly. Her elder sister who is a nurse attended to her and gave her first aid but her breathing was still laboured so we decided to take her to the hospital.

"First, we went to Blue Cross Hospital at Ogba but the staff we saw were unresponsive. I was shocked to see their unconcerned countenance. When we saw that they were not ready to help us so we left and drove to County Hospital. A doctor saw her there, checked her pulse and said she was still breathing but that they had no facilities to treat her. So he referred us to Lagos University Teaching Hospital in Ikeja," he said.

According to him, when the finally got to LUTH, the staff of the hospital were of no help as they wasted 40 minutes before they finally decided to treat her.

"When we got to Lasuth at about 4 am, they also wasted our time for over 40 minutes and by the time they were ready to treat her, she had stopped breathing. The pain is worse for me because none of the three hospitals treated the case as an emergency. In fact, I have given up on Nigeria because they all had up to three hours to save my mum, how can over three hospitals in Lagos not have the right facility to treat breathing problems?- None of them even had a stretcher, I am just totally done with this country," he said.

This is coming barely 24 hours after Efemena Okedi, wife of late music icon, Ras Kimono passed away.

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Ras Kimono's widow, Efe, dead 3 months after husband's death

Three months after the death of reggae veteran, Ras Kimono, his widow, Efemena Okedi, has passed away on Sunday, September 23, 2018. Pulse was informed of the passing away of Efe, who was also a member of the late Ras Kimono's band.

Confirming the death of Efe, the Project Manager of Premiere Music, Michael Odiong, said the sad incident occurred in the early hours of Sunday, September 23.

"Yes, Efe Kimono is dead. She was confirmed dead today, early this morning. I can't give out any other detail aside this for now." Odiong told Pulse.