Spice FM presenter Ndu Okoh could not hold back her tears as she recounted the painful experience of losing her unborn son due to alleged doctor’s negligence.
Okoh said that was probably the most difficult thing she will ever have to do on the show—talking about her experience.
According to Ndu Okoh, on September 1, 2025, her son would have turned 17.
“I was pregnant with this baby, and I, of course, had no idea what I was doing. I had a doctor who, at some point, I knew something was wrong. I called her and said something is wrong and I am just not feeling like everything is okay,” she said.
“I might have never done this before, but something was wrong. So she said, ‘Okay, come to the hospital’—one of the biggest, best hospitals in this country. I went, but she wasn’t there. She just said, ‘Well, just go in, they’ll find you, and you’ll be okay.’ Fine.”
Ndu Okoh Breaks Down Over Loss of Unborn Child Due to Doctor’s Negligence
Okoh said they conducted a test, and as is common with many pregnant women, it wasn’t a urinary tract infection.
She added that the doctor told her there was no need for more tests as she would be okay.
“They said it wasn’t, so we decided to keep it moving. I was with my husband, and I remember saying, ‘Something is wrong.’ But they said, ‘Well, no need for us to do another test. You’ll be okay.’ And I believe that was the phrase I used—something is wrong.”
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The radio presenter said that after they did the first test, she still does not know what the results were.
Okoh said she sat at the hospital for at least six hours, and unbeknownst to her, she was leaking amniotic fluid during that time.
“So, obviously, at that point, my baby was dying, and I didn’t know. But I’m not a doctor or a medical professional. I was in a hospital where there were nurses, doctors, and lab technicians who ran tests, yet they didn’t identify the problem,” she emotionally narrated.
“And my baby died the next day with an I’m sorry from the doctor. But what she did the next day was prescribe medication for me. That essentially, I went into an unintended abortion. Which I should have had no business taking on that day, and my son died on the September 1.”
Okoh Reflects on Son’s Death, Calls for Accountability and Compassion in Healthcare
The journalist stated that if the doctors had paid a little more attention and done what they were supposed to, she would have celebrated her son’s seventeenth birthday this September.
She added that even after seventeen years, it is still very difficult for her to talk about it. Nduh Okoh questioned how many people go through similar situations where all they need is just a little more attention.
“We just needed you to do your job. We just needed you to not be concerned that you can prescribe 10 different tests as opposed to looking at me and saying, what’s wrong? This is the situation. This is the thing,” Okoh said as tears ran down her face.
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Okoh opined that in all the issues we discuss—whether health, education, or responsibility—she often asks how much value we truly place on them.
She emphasized the importance of valuing accountability, saying that even if mistakes are made, those responsible should bear the consequences.
At the same time, she added that when people go wrong, they should have the chance to come back and do better.
“But we cannot be in a situation whereby we make excuses, whereby we choose not to do better every day. People are dying every day. We started off this hour with talking about a woman who had to run for her life from a medical facility that should have saved the life of her child,” Okoh added.
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