Uvwie: Quack Nurse In Trouble After Woman Loses Baby, Womb After Childbirth

By Daniel Dafe

One Mrs Ebi Igho who operates as a nurse and resides off New Era Street, Jakpa Road, Effurun in Uvwie Local Government Area of Delta State, has been arrested after delivering a pregnant woman, Mrs Vivian (surname withheld) that led to several complications.

Activist Kelvin Ejumudo,
State PRO, Committee for the Defense of Human Rights, CDHR and
Sate Secretary, Delta State Human Rights Protection Congress, who disclosed that the baby died, added that the fake nurse made multiple cuts on Vivian’s abdomen after the child was breached, saying that this resulted into serious bleeding of the pregnant mother from 9:am till 8pm in the evening on the day the incident occurred.

The woman was said to be in the pool of her blood before she was rushed to Central Hospital Warri where her womb was removed in order to save her life.

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When interrogated,.Mrs Igho said she is not a registered nurse and has not gone through any medical institution in any university but was operating in isolation.

“She carried out this process with the use of a torch light and no generating set and no license to operate as a nurse,” he added.

He said: “I want to specially appreciate the DPO EKPAN Division, CSP Bulus Rimamchirika Musa who gave me a patrol hilux for this arrest. Mr and Mrs Igho are cooling off at the Ekpan police station and will be charged to court for prosecution.

Furthermore, he advised pregnant women to stop patronizing quacks for their safety and that of their unborn child, urging them to to government hospitals and health centers for medical check up.

He also called on the Delta State Government and the Commissioner of Health in the state to ensure that similar unprofessional outlets within the state are destroyed and culprits arrested,

“The Nigerian medical Association (NMA) must put their toes on the ground as well as monitor such illegal persons,” he said.