5 doctors suspended, 12 arraigned others over negligence of duty

Some of the doctors were suspended for three months while others got six months.The doctors; Temitope Gabriel Onile, Nzurumike Charles Nnanna, Danmusa Ademu Ochala and Omotayo Oluwadamilola Akinro all working at the Fedearl Medical Centre, Lokoja were arraigned on the charges of negligence to duty between January 27 and 8, 2012.‘For failure to see a […]

Some of the doctors were suspended for three months while others got six months.
The doctors; Temitope Gabriel Onile, Nzurumike Charles Nnanna, Danmusa Ademu Ochala and Omotayo Oluwadamilola Akinro all working at the Fedearl Medical Centre, Lokoja were arraigned on the charges of negligence to duty between January 27 and 8, 2012.
‘For failure to see a patient as often as his/her medical condition wants, you doctors Onile is hereby suspended for three months, Nnanna six months, Ochala six months, and Akinro six months,’ the Tribunal chairman, Jonathan Azubuike ruled.
The charged said the doctors were on call but failed to attend promptly in the management of one Mrs Eleojo Justina Collins who was admitted under their care and required urgent surgical intervention until the patient died.
Particularly, Dr Akinro was accused of ‘suspending the passage of Foley’s Catheter and proceeded to administer Misoprostol (used to induce pregnancy) without prior consultation with the Consultant and senior medical officer on duty.’
In a separate ruling, the tribunal held Dr Udezue Obumneme culpable and suspended him for three months based on the charges brought against him of negligence and misconduct in the operation he carried out on one Mr Steven Kwaso who later died
After the deliberations, the tribunal held that the diseased patient was actually admitted at Bayero Dikko Specialist Hospital Kano where Dr Udezue met him. It also held that the doctor was actually a grade two consultant on temporary employment at the hospital, but a temporary staff is recognized as a full time staff is expected to work during normal working hours, and the case of medical doctors, during call duty hours.
Udezue, who has 49 year experience as a medical doctor, performed a colostomy which he was accused of performing alone.
The cause of death was attributed to hemorrhage from the operation site, though the death certificate ascribed the cause of death to respiratory arrest.
The tribunal said that a post mortem would have helped  in unraveling the cause of death.
The tribunal found Dr Udezue Nnaemeka Obumne guilty of conducting himself infamously in a professional respect contrary to the provisions of Rule 49 (1b,d) of the code of medical ethics in Nigeria, 2008.
He was then suspended from practice for a period of three months,’ the tribunal ruled.