Alex Onyia, chief executive of the education technology firm Educare, draws attention to conditions at Uwani General Hospital in Enugu.
He says the facility lacks oxygen and water, and that patients die as a result.
Onyia made the comments on social media this week.
He points to the state-run hospital and calls for action to address the shortages that affect care there.
Nurses who work night shifts at the same facility report similar problems.
In videos that spread online, they explain that power cuts leave them without light to treat patients or perform deliveries.
They also note the absence of water, which stops them from carrying out basic duties.
One nurse states in the recording: “There is no water, no light, there are mosquitoes.
I don’t know what the government is doing about it.
There’s no oxygen and no light to even give birth to a child.”
Staff add that mosquitoes fill the wards and no cleaners keep the area tidy.
These accounts match the issues Onyia highlights.
In response, hospital management issues queries to two nurses who made the videos.
Officials then place them on indefinite suspension.
Supporters of the nurses argue that the move discourages others from speaking out about patient safety.
Enugu State authorities have not released any comment on the claims or the suspensions so far.
The hospital entrance sign confirms it falls under the Enugu State Ministry of Health.
Residents in the area continue to share accounts of families who lose loved ones during emergencies because basic supplies run out.
