A doctor has been found guilty of amputating a living baby which was still inside the womb of its mother.
A tribunal has suspended a Kebbi-based doctor from practising for
six months after finding him guilty of negligence in misdiagnosing a
pregnant patient, Daily Trust reports.
In April 2017, Dr Jamilu Muhammad, working at Martha Bamaiyi
General Hospital in Zuru, Kebbi, “erroneously diagnosed” that his
patient, Fatima Danjuma’s baby had died in the womb and needed to be
evacuated, the tribunal of the Medical and Dental Council of Nigeria
ruled.
The foetus was found to be alive while the surgery was already on and a prolapsed upper limb already amputated.
A petition for “unethical behaviour” was filed with the council in
May 2017, and an investigative panel found the doctor had a case to
answer before a tribunal, which has the status of a high court.
In the judgement delivered at the MDCN council chambers in Abuja,
the tribunal chairman, Abba Hassan, ruled that Muhammad conducted
himself “infamously in a professional respect contrary” to the council’s
code of medical ethics.
Muhammad was suspended pending the outcome of his trial. At trial, he pleaded guilty and asked for leniency.
But the tribunal noted he had been on suspension for a period
longer than the six-month sentence and “deemed to have served and
exhausted the prescribed term of suspension” imposed by his sentence.
He is one of 14 doctors facing trial at the tribunal for a range of offences.
Trial continues for nine doctors at Asaba Medical Centre to defend
themselves against charges of gross misconduct and negligence in
managing a pregnant patient. All nine have pleaded not guilty.
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