Health workers blame dog
The Ondo State Police Command said it has arrested three persons in connection with the disappearance of a newborn baby’s placenta at a health centre.
According to the police, the suspects
included a nurse, a health assistant and a security officer. But the real
identities of the suspects had not been revealed.
The suspects were said to be state government
workers, who work at the Emure Ile Comprehensive Health Centre in Owo Local
Government Area of the state.
It was gathered that the concerned family
member of the victim raised the alarm after the hospital workers failed to hand
over the placenta to them after the delivery of the baby five days ago.
The 23-year-old father of the baby, Mr Tunde
Ijanusi, explained that they were worried about the failure of the health
workers to hand over the placenta of their newborn baby to them.
He said, “The baby girl was born on June 15,
2023, at the comprehensive health centre in Emure Ile, and since then the
health workers that took the delivery have not given us the placenta. We are
very worried about this.”
The worried father said necessary action must
be taken to ensure that justice is served on the suspects.
The paternal grandmother of the baby, Mrs
Funmilayo Ijanusi, stated that the hospital workers claimed that a dog had
entered the facility, carting away the placenta.
She added that the hospital personnel had
also been persuading the family to let go of the matter.
The state Public Relations Officer, Mrs
Funmilayo Odunlami, said an investigation was ongoing on the matter.
“The nurse, the health assistant and the
security officer are already with us while investigation is ongoing,” the PPRO
stated.
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