For allegedly forgetting a towel inside a patient after surgical
operation, two doctors working with a private hospital in Lagos are to
face the full wrath of the law.
The duo, Dr Taiwo Shogunle, 53 and
Dr. Adeleke Olusegun, 43 of St. Raphael
Divine Mercy Specialist Hospital
at Ijede, Ikorodu, Lagos State have been arraigned before a Lagos
Magistrates’ Court for allegedly causing the death of their patient,
Omojola Bamgboye during surgical operation.
The doctors were arrested
by operatives of the Zone 2 Command, Onikan, Lagos. After investigation
by Inspector Monday Omoigui and his team, the doctors were arraigned
before an Igbosere Magistrates’ Court, Lagos on a one count charge of
felony, to wit, murder.
Police prosecutor, Supol Eshiet Eshiet told
the court in charge No L/28/2016 that the accused persons committed the
offence between 18 and 19 December, 2015 at St. Raphael Divine Mercy
Specialist Hospital, Ijede, Ikorodu, Lagos.
Eshiet told the court
presided by Magistrate A.T. Omoyele that the doctors unlawfully killed
the man during surgical operation by negligently abandoning a foreign
body, towel, in his abdomen.
He said the offence the offence is punishable under section 222(2) of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2011.
The
accused persons denied the allegations in the open court and the
magistrate admitted them to bail in the sum of N500,000 each with two
sureties each in like sum.
Omoyele directed the prosecutor to
duplicate the case file and forward it to the office of the Directorate
of Public Prosecution, DPP, for advice.
She adjourned the case till 9 September, 2016 for mention.
Wednesday, 3 August 2016
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