The Medical and Dental
Practitioners Disciplinary Tribunal, on Tuesday February 18th in Abuja,
arraigned three medical doctors for their alleged roles in the death of
three-month-old Peace Oluwole.
The Nation reports
that the medical practitioners, Dr. Iyoha Joseph, Dr. Obafemi Kuye and Dr.
Mukaila Oyewunmi Oladipo, were accused of conducting themselves
unprofessionally by administering unnecessary drugs, delaying necessary actions
and exposing the baby’s system to unnecessary drugs, which resulted in his
death.
The doctors were presented before a panel
headed by the chairman of the tribunal, Prof. Abba Hassan.
According to the charge sheet read by the
Registrar of the Council, Dr. Tajudeen Sanusi, the deceased baby was admitted
to the R. Jolad Hospital in Gbagada, Lagos State, in March 2013, where the
three doctors work. He was returned after he was discharged in distress before
his death. The three doctors allegedly acted infamously contrary to the rules
of the code of medical ethics of Nigeria, 2008 edition, and punishable under
the Medical and Dental Practitioners Act Cap M8 Laws of the Federation on
Nigeria 2004 as amended.
Dr Iyoha Joseph was
accused of discharging the baby prematurely on March 11th 2013 when he did not
observe and document clear indications that the baby had recovered from the
ailment for which he was admitted, thus
causing his death. He was also accused of claiming to be a specialist
pediatrician when he did not have any additional qualification registered by
the Medical and Dental Council of Nigeria (MDCN).
Dr. Obafemi Kuye was accused of seeing the
baby but failed to take adequate history of the baby or attend to him.
Dr. Mukaila Oyewunmi Oladipo was accused of
failing to take remedial measures to relieve the patient of an obvious
respiratory distress when he was re-presented at the hospital after being
discharged earlier, and delaying other procedures for more than 30 minutes
which eventually contributed to the baby’s death
When the seven-count charges were read to the
three accused doctors, they all pleaded not guilty.
Hearing continues tomorrow February 20th.
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