The Chief Judge of Lagos State, Justice Kazeem Alogba, fixed the date after upholding a settlement agreement between the Estate and Mustapha Hanga, who are the first and second claimants, and Royal Cross Medical Centre Ltd.
He said: “I can confirm to the court that the claimants and the first defendant have reached an agreement and this has been filed. The agreement is dated June 14, 2019.”“My lord, I will confirm this. Claimants and the first defendant have settled out of court. The terms have been filed. I humbly urge the court to enter the terms of settlement as the judgment of the court,” he said.The Chief Judge also removed Royal Cross’s name as a party in the suit.
It was alleged that after Hanga’s family was persuaded by Flying Doctors to pay an exorbitant sum of $135,000 for an air ambulance, the aircraft belatedly provided by Dr Ola Orekunrin and her team was in no way a medicalised air ambulance, as it was not equipped with advanced life support equipment, nor did they have the staff required to safely evacuate the patient.
The plaintiffs further averred that Dr Shirley Amaechi, who worked at the time at the Central Bank of Nigeria clinic and attended to Nabil Hanga, reported that De Flight Medics was to provide a specialist doctor to assess and prepare the patient for evacuation by 5:30am on the 12th of May, but that the doctor did not arrive until close to 12.30pm.