A Medical Doctor, Mohammed Sani, the Principal Medical Officer of Misau General Hospital in Bauchi State, narrowly escaped death after being attacked with an axe by a relation of a patient brought to the hospital for medical attention.
This development was confirmed by the Bauchi State Chairman of the Nigeria Medical Association, Dr. Adamu Sambo.
Speaking with newsmen in Bauchi on Wednesday, Sambo said the doctor, who was accused of mishandling of a pregnant woman, is fighting for his life with several deep cuts.
He said: “I am addressing you this morning on a very sad note, on the fact that our Member, on the 8th of July, 2022, who is the Principal Medical Officer in charge of General Hospital, Misau, was attacked by a patient’s relative with an axe with an intent to kill him.
“We condemn this act.
“This act is barbaric and unacceptable in the medical profession.
“Whatever the grievances, these grievances should have been addressed in a lawful way rather than taking laws into the hands of that very individual.
“This individual came, he took a member who did not even participate fully in the management of the relation of this person in question, he came with a very sharp object, an axe, and stabbed the person about four times.
“Unfortunately, following this, we have had some information that some overzealous media who are not guided properly are now publishing some rubbish as information emanating from the incident that happened and that is the reason I called this press conference to put the details and records straight, so that you’ll get the exact details of what happened.
“What happened was that a patient came to the facility, I think either referred from a private facility or they came on their own, on an account of prolonged labour.
“This woman was having her labour for the first time, but they concealed the information that she had convulsed.
“When she was examined, they realised that her baby’s head was already in the perineum and that she lacked the maternal efforts to push the baby out for delivery, so they decided to shorten the second stage of labour through the use of assisted vaginal delivery.
“After the delivery of the baby using forced delivery, the woman had a small tear which was done to enable her deliver the baby.
“It happened that the woman was bleeding from the tear, then they took her to the theatre and repaired the tear but the bleeding persisted, so they took a decision to explore more to see whether the tear extended upwards into the uterus.
“They did that and realised that the tear did not even extend up to the uterus, they then closed the woman and started managing her.
“But her condition was not good enough, she was still bleeding.
“They later realised that she had a condition which is called eclampsia and one of the complications of that is that the woman will start bleeding from other places.
“And as a result, they transfused her blood and stabilised her and put her on oxygen and then later on referred her to the Federal Medical Center, Azare, where she is currently receiving treatment and recuperating.
“People should be patient with health care.
“They should also explore the reality of what is actually happening to them.
“General hospitals have done their own.
“If they don’t understand something, they should have gone for more information.
“This our assaulted member is presently undergoing treatment.
“He’s on sick leave, while we await his recovery.”
