Two doctors working in the Ikorodu area of Lagos State are presently in trouble for allegedly forgetting a towel inside a patient after carrying out a surgical operation.
PM News reports that the surgeons identified as Dr Taiwo Shogunle, 53 and Dr Adeleke Olusegun, 43 of St. Raphael Divine Mercy Specialist Hospital at Ijede, Ikorodu, will face the full wrath of the law because of the negligence, which caused the death of their patient, Omojola Bamgboye.
The duo were arraigned before a Lagos Magistrates’ Court after operatives of the Zone 2 Command, Onikan, Lagos investigated the matter.
According to the investigation team led by Inspector Monday Omoigui, the suspects were arraigned before an Igbosere Magistrates’ Court, Lagos on a one count charge of felony, to wit, murder.
Police prosecutor, Supol Eshiet Eshiet informed 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.
