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The Lagos State Police Command today announced the arrest of two fake medical doctors, who allegedly carried out more than 80 babies’ delivery within two years. One of them is the owner of the hospital.
The
Chief Medical Director (owner of the hospital) of the hospital is a Ghana based
newspaper vendor, identified as Gabriel Onyema.
Police spokesperson, Ngozi Braide,
said that Area E Police Command, Festac Town, got information about the illegal
operation of the unregistered hospital, called ‘Cares Hospital,’ located at No.
1B, Omotoba Street, Unity Estate, Iba, Lagos and embarked on an investigation.
She said that investigation carried
out revealed that about 80 babies were delivered in the last two years since
the hospital was established by a fake doctor, residing in Ghana.
Braide further said that all the
workers in the hospital were non-trained medical personnel, stressing that one
Auxiliary Nurse in the hospital acted as gynecologist.
One of the fake doctors, Stephen
Nwankwo, 40, from Ebonyi State, confessed that the hospital carried out
caesarean operation on a woman, who laboured for about eight hours, where they
had to pull the baby out through the virginal with hands when the delivery was
delayed.
Nwankwo also said that they also
administered unscreened blood on pregnant woman under labour in June 12th,
but the woman later died.
He claimed to be an auxiliary nurse,
who had worked in Ondo State before coming to join the hospital about two years
ago.
The owner of the hospital, Gabriel
Onyema, 39, from Imo State, claimed he is based in Ghana as paper seller, but
establish the hospital with employed workers.
Some items recovered from the
hospital include syringes, drugs and some medical materials.
Stephen
said that he was to understudy the doctor in charge but was allowed to take
over after the doctor left.
Stephen admitted to being a fake medical doctor but claimed to have being an apprentice at an unnamed hospital in Ogun State.
The fake medical doctor said: ”Actually, I must be truthful to you, I am not a medical doctor but I was employed as a medical doctor. What really happened was that I told the management the truth that I am a trained auxiliary nurse but , when the real doctor , that was employed , left the hospital , I started acting as the real medical doctor.
“My works speaks for me because I have delivered over two hundred babies and only one died One hundred and ninety nine survived. Their mothers survived too It was only a baby and a mother that died. "
On how the baby and the mother died, the suspect said:” It was not my fault. It was the fault of the doctor that was in charge. Before I took over, I was not happy, when he was trying to deliver a pregnant woman of her baby and the delivery lasted for about six hours. She bled profusely. Blood littered everywhere and I pushed the doctor out of the labour room and I inserted my hand into her womb and brought out the baby, so that the woman would not suffer.
“But all my efforts were fruitless as the woman and the baby died .That was the only woman, who died in my years as the doctor in charge of the hospital.
" Another episode that happened when I was there, which I was not happy with, was when a woman was transfused with an unscreened blood and I protested, even though I was not qualified to be a doctor. I tried my best to operate, according to the ethics of the profession."
The owner of the hospital, Onyema, said that he used to sell newspaper in Ghana.
Stephen admitted to being a fake medical doctor but claimed to have being an apprentice at an unnamed hospital in Ogun State.
The fake medical doctor said: ”Actually, I must be truthful to you, I am not a medical doctor but I was employed as a medical doctor. What really happened was that I told the management the truth that I am a trained auxiliary nurse but , when the real doctor , that was employed , left the hospital , I started acting as the real medical doctor.
“My works speaks for me because I have delivered over two hundred babies and only one died One hundred and ninety nine survived. Their mothers survived too It was only a baby and a mother that died. "
On how the baby and the mother died, the suspect said:” It was not my fault. It was the fault of the doctor that was in charge. Before I took over, I was not happy, when he was trying to deliver a pregnant woman of her baby and the delivery lasted for about six hours. She bled profusely. Blood littered everywhere and I pushed the doctor out of the labour room and I inserted my hand into her womb and brought out the baby, so that the woman would not suffer.
“But all my efforts were fruitless as the woman and the baby died .That was the only woman, who died in my years as the doctor in charge of the hospital.
" Another episode that happened when I was there, which I was not happy with, was when a woman was transfused with an unscreened blood and I protested, even though I was not qualified to be a doctor. I tried my best to operate, according to the ethics of the profession."
The owner of the hospital, Onyema, said that he used to sell newspaper in Ghana.
His
words: “I opened the hospital but did register it. I have started the registration process. I
employed a genuine doctor but he left.
“This man (Stephen) that is talking like parrot started acting I am a qualified spinal cord doctor, though I did not read it in the university? The hospital was doing well and this thrash that this man is talking, I was not there, when it happened, I was in Ghana."
The area commander, Okoro said: “It was a tip off that started our investigation of the hospital. We finally discovered that it was not registered and that the doctors there were all fake."
Braide said that many people have lost their lives in the hands of the fake medical practitioners
“This man (Stephen) that is talking like parrot started acting I am a qualified spinal cord doctor, though I did not read it in the university? The hospital was doing well and this thrash that this man is talking, I was not there, when it happened, I was in Ghana."
The area commander, Okoro said: “It was a tip off that started our investigation of the hospital. We finally discovered that it was not registered and that the doctors there were all fake."
Braide said that many people have lost their lives in the hands of the fake medical practitioners
Similarly, three suspected armed
robbers, whose gang specializes in blowing up banks with gas cylinder and other
equipment, were also paraded.
Braide said that they were arrested at
Iba Road, off LASU Road, after engaging the police in a gun battle.
She said that 29 AK-47 rifle’s
magazines, 12 locally made pistols, three double barrel guns, 25 live
cartridges, two gas cylinders, iron cutter, generator set and some electronics
were recovered from the suspects.
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