NMA Fumes As Deceased’s Relatives Murder Delta Doctor

The Nigerian Medical Association has urged the National Assembly to criminalise assault against health workers following the alleged murder of a medical doctor, Dr Uyi Iluobe by the relatives of a deceased patient at a hospital in Oghara, Delta State.

GWG.ng gathered that Dr  Iluobe was allegedly killed by relatives of a patient who died at a hospital in Oghara, Delta State.

Responding in a statement, NMA president Dr Uche Ojinmah, said that it was urgent for the National Assembly to criminalise the killing of health workers in the process of their professional engagements.

Ojinmah said, “The Nigerian Medical Association received with shock and sadness the news of the murder on December 31, 2022, of Dr Iluobe by the relatives of his patient at Oghara, where his practice was based.

“The above scenario being the response of the relatives to the loss of a patient from suspected gunshot injuries can never be justified and has taken violence against doctors and other healthcare workers from injuries to murder.

“It is unbelievable that in the face of a debilitating medical brain drain, the few doctors that patriotically decided to stay back and take care of our fellow citizens are being murdered by same Nigerians.

“While we sympathise with the family of the patient that was lost, we strongly condemn this murder and call on the Government of Delta State, and the Inspector-General of Police to, as a matter of urgency, to bring the perpetrators of this heinous crime to book so as to assuage the pain we feel. A man should not be murdered for the selfless act of being on duty on New Year’s Eve,” the NMA said in its reaction to the alleged murder of the doctor by the relatives of a deceased patient

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