Tribunal Sanctions Doctors Over Death of Three-Month-Old Baby

Two doctors identified as Joseph Iyoha and Mukaila Oladipo have been penalised bt the Medical and Dental Practitioners Disciplinary Tribunal, for their negligence which caused the death of a three-month-old baby, Peace Oluwole.

Speaking to newsmen, Chairman of the Tribunal, Abba Waziri, said Iyoha, who was found guilty of three counts, did not exhibit reasonable diligence.

Ekohotblog understands that the doctors, who were arraigned on seven counts, were incompetent in the management of the three-month-old baby and failed to do all that was appropriate and reasonable for the treatment of the patient.

The MDPDT said Iyoha prescribed and caused it to be administered on the late Oluwole, oral chloroquine, fansidar, and several other drugs, thereby exposing the baby to multiple anti-malarial when the baby had been placed on Artemether injection.

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The MDPDT added that Oladipo on his part was found guilty of two counts because even though he found the patient to be asphyxiated and in obvious respiratory distress, he chose to busy himself with taking the patient’s history for more than 30 minutes rather than attend to the obvious emergency.