Juliana Francis
Reverend Father, Joe Ben, in charge of St.
Raphael Divine Mercy Specialist Hospital, Ikorodu, Lagos State, where a new
born baby was alleged to have been stolen, has described the situation as one
caused by human error.
According to Ben, “I don't know why the
couple is bent on dragging the hospital down because of a human error. The Chief
Medical Director of the hospital, an orthopaedic surgeon is a knight of the
catholic church.”
It will be recalled that Mrs Faith
Obinna on Monday accused the hospital and doctors who took delivery of her
baby, of stealing one of the babies, which she insisted were twins.
Trouble started after Faith’s three
scans showed twins, but on the day of delivery, which was through a ceasrean
section, she was delivered of just one baby. The distraught opined that the
hospital stole her second baby while she was under anaesthesia. The hospital,
however insisted that the problem was caused by scan error.
Doctor Uzoma, a consultant gynaecologist,
who explained that he and six other doctors took delivery of Faith’s baby, explained
that in January, Faith did another scan with a female staff, which showed a single
foetus. While the scan was on-going, Faith said that the previous scan revealed
two babies, so the male staff who conducted the first scan was invited, to take
a look. The male staff said that he saw two foetuses, while the female staff
argued that it was one foetus.
Uzoma continued: “The female staff asked
him to write the report of the scan which she signed without informing any of
the doctors. Unfortunately, when Faith did the third scan, still by the male
staff, two foetuses were confirmed. The
hospital worked based on the scan report. We prepared for the delivery of two
babies. She was delivered of one baby and immediately we brought her husband
into the theatre to see for himself while she was still open. He wasn't
surprised because the first scan she did elsewhere confirmed one.”
According to Uzoma, a few days later,
Faith and her husband dragged the management to Alagbon Police station where
the case is presently being investigated. They have also served a court
notification order demanding for N250 million.
Faith’s husband, Alo Obinna, 44, said
that all he wants right now was for the hospital to present him with his second
baby. Police have asked the couple and hospital to try for amicable settlement,
but Alo said he doesn’t want settlement, only his baby.
He explained that he had to cause a
ruckus at the hospital, together with his family members and pastor before his
wife’s scan results were given to him. He has presented the results to
detectives at Alagbon as evidence.
Alo said: “We all insisted on the
results. They are mine. I paid for them. The reverend said that if the results
were given to us, that we would use as evidence to shut down the hospital. He
refused to release it until we invited our pastor to meet at the hospital. The
reverend asked for our mercy. When I went outside with my pastor after the
results had been released, my pastor told me that judging from the way the hospital staff was
talking, it was clear they had sold the baby. A detective from Alagbon followed
me to the hospital and recorded everything. The case has been stalled because
of the outbreak of COVID-19.”
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