By Ismail Auwal
A nine-month pregnant woman in Ondo State is fighting for her life after a 31-year-old quack doctor stitched her womb and urinary tract together during a cesarean section at a private hospital in the state.
During an interview in police custody, the suspect, identified as Rabiu Olalekan, stated that he planned to return to university after running the hospital for a few more years.
He added that all along he wanted to be a medical doctor.
According to him, “I know what I was doing was wrong. It was because there was nobody to help me after leaving the School of Health Technology.
“My brother who bought this building for me died recently abroad and things have been very hard for me.
“I have been operating this hospital for years and this is the second operation I would perform,” he said.
According to Olalekna the woman in question was unable to give birth to the baby, that was why I operated.
He noted that the operation was successful and she left only to return days after that she was bleeding from her vagina.
“I discovered that she was not using her drugs and all my efforts to stop the bleeding proved abortive.
“I referred her to the Mother and Child Hospital in Ondo. I want to beg the police and government to forgive me. I will stop the illegal practice after this.
“They should have mercy on me. My wife is nine months pregnant and that’s my first child,” the suspect said.
However, the state Police Commissioner, Oyeyemi Oyediran, stated that the suspect, was arrested by a team of Special Intervention Squad after a report of unprofessionalism was filed against him.
“The suspect carried out a caesarian section on a pregnant woman (name withheld) who was later rushed to Mother and Child Hospital due to excessive bleeding from her private part.
“It was discovered that the self-acclaimed doctor stitched the womb and the urinary tract together.
“During investigation, it was discovered that the suspect is not a doctor but attended the School of Health Technology, Ijebu-Ode, where he studied Community Health Extension Work, but had been deceiving the people by claiming to be a medical doctor.
“He also claimed he invited one Dr. Bayo to help him carry out the cesarian section on the victim, but that his phone number was not going through.”
The police boss said that the suspect was arrested “by a team of Special Intervention Squad when a report of unprofessionalism was made against him.”
The Police Commissioner said that the suspect would soon be charged in court.