Police in Lagos State have arrested a fake medical
practitioner who claimed to have helped in the delivery of over 200 babies.
The owner of the hospital, a Ghana-based newspaper vendor, has also been arrested in connection with the unethical practices that took place at the hospital, which is situated at Unity Estate in Iba area of the state.
The duo were arrested after policemen from Area E Command, led by the Area Commander, Damman Okoro, swooped on the hospital following intelligence reports.
The Ghana-based vendor, Gabriel Onyema; and the fake medical doctor, Nwankwo Stephen, were on Friday paraded before newsmen by the image maker in charge of the state police command, Ngozi Bride.
Stephen was initially employed at Cares Hospital to understudy the doctor in charge but was allowed to take over, when the doctor left.
Stephen, while speaking with newsmen, admitted to being a fake medical doctor but claimed to have earlier been 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 them (management) the truth that I was a trained auxiliary nurse, but, when the real doctor that was employed left the hospital, I started acting as the real medical doctor.
“My work speaks for me, because I have delivered (sic!) over 200 babies and only one died. 199 survived. Their mothers survived too. It was only a baby and a mother that died.”
On how the said baby and the mother died, the Anambra-State born 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.”
He said further, “She was bleeding profusely; blood littered everywhere and I pushed the doctor out of the labour room and 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 (incident) that happened when I was there, which I was not happy with, was when a woman was transfused with an unscreened blood. I protested. Even though I was not qualified to be a doctor, I tried my best to operate according to the ethics of the (medical) profession.”
The owner of the hospital, Onyema, said that he sells newspapers in Ghana.
“I opened the hospital but (it is) not registered. 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 study 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,” Onyema said.
Braide said the Area Commander in charge of Area E “through a tip-off started investigating the hospital and finally discovered that it was not registered, and that the doctors there were all fake.”
She said the suspects would be arraigned in court soon.
The owner of the hospital, a Ghana-based newspaper vendor, has also been arrested in connection with the unethical practices that took place at the hospital, which is situated at Unity Estate in Iba area of the state.
The duo were arrested after policemen from Area E Command, led by the Area Commander, Damman Okoro, swooped on the hospital following intelligence reports.
The Ghana-based vendor, Gabriel Onyema; and the fake medical doctor, Nwankwo Stephen, were on Friday paraded before newsmen by the image maker in charge of the state police command, Ngozi Bride.
Stephen was initially employed at Cares Hospital to understudy the doctor in charge but was allowed to take over, when the doctor left.
Stephen, while speaking with newsmen, admitted to being a fake medical doctor but claimed to have earlier been 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 them (management) the truth that I was a trained auxiliary nurse, but, when the real doctor that was employed left the hospital, I started acting as the real medical doctor.
“My work speaks for me, because I have delivered (sic!) over 200 babies and only one died. 199 survived. Their mothers survived too. It was only a baby and a mother that died.”
On how the said baby and the mother died, the Anambra-State born 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.”
He said further, “She was bleeding profusely; blood littered everywhere and I pushed the doctor out of the labour room and 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 (incident) that happened when I was there, which I was not happy with, was when a woman was transfused with an unscreened blood. I protested. Even though I was not qualified to be a doctor, I tried my best to operate according to the ethics of the (medical) profession.”
The owner of the hospital, Onyema, said that he sells newspapers in Ghana.
“I opened the hospital but (it is) not registered. 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 study 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,” Onyema said.
Braide said the Area Commander in charge of Area E “through a tip-off started investigating the hospital and finally discovered that it was not registered, and that the doctors there were all fake.”
She said the suspects would be arraigned in court soon.
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199 out of 200.... And you still call him a fake???? Go to Government hospitals and see what is happening.
ReplyDeleteMedical practice have been infilterated by quarks such as this however d guy in question was smart but then he cannot measure up with a trained personnel.
ReplyDeleteDis man has no bad record at all. D only issue here is dat he is answr dr. Wen his not & am sure doctors(evn thou som of them are not beta den dis man) will what him prescuted. Plead justice b temppd wit mercy.
ReplyDeleteThis man should be recognized as a qualified medical doctor because he appears better than most doctors.
ReplyDeleteBecause said he has delivered over 199 out of 200 and u admitted hook line and sinker who are d fools d audience or being biased and tribalitic because of his name nwankwo nigerians facts are facts.Do you know various complications this young man has given his patients.Dont be sentimental tribalistic or ethnical judgement should be passed
ReplyDeleteNigerians give much priority to paper qualification more than practical. That man has been under the training of some doctors and he has aquired practical skill dat made him practice with gUd records. Going by law he has commited offence Quite ok but dey should giv him soft landing
ReplyDeleteFake or no fake, this man has delivered 199 babies safely out of 200. That's not a bad record at all. I see no crime he has commited apart from the fact that he takes on the title of doctor which he is not. I think this is the work of enemies who are not happy with the progress and record of this man. Plz the law should tamper justice with mercy.
ReplyDeleteHmmm dat iz why they say get d certificate @least
ReplyDeleteWow dis is incredible in nigerians for only based and believed in pepar only while other countries believed deep in pratical which we all knows dat practices makes parfect I see no any reason for dis man to be jug wronge bcos b4 u can see a doctor delivered 199 out of 200 babies in nigeria is not easy,it also happened to me too as a chef I have worked with so many chef practicaly in ghana,togo,benin,and lastly nigeria.any place dat I work other chef who are not up to the task will make sure they find 1 way or the other to makes me leave the place or else! All bcos d hotel management will see it clear dat dis man is a professional and working as a chef in not pepar work its demand for who goes in it deep wit practical so pls treat dis fake or no fake doctor's mater with sound understanding pls.
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