Ifeanyi Ibe
Three health workers at the Emure Ile Comprehensive Health Centre, Owo Local Government Area of Ondo State arrested over a missing placenta have blamed it on a dog.
They said the placenta was carted away by the stray dog when it invaded the hospital.
Join our WhatsApp ChannelThe health workers were arrested on Tuesday following an alarm by family members of a new baby whose placenta disappeared.
The Ondo State Police Command has confirmed the arrest.
The suspects include a nurse, a health assistant and a security officer. Their identities were not made known.
However, while the father of a newborn, Tunde Ijanusi, and other family members continued to demand the placenta after his wife delivered the baby girl at the hospital, the arrested health workers claimed a stray dog invaded the hospital and carted away the placenta.
He said he is worried over the refusal of the health workers to give them the placenta, adding that necessary action must be taken to ensure that justice is served in the matter.
According to him, “The baby girl was born on June 15, 2023, at the Comprehensive Health Centre in Emure Ile, and since then the health workers that took the delivery had not given us the placenta. We are very worried about this.”
The paternal grandmother of the newborn, Funmilayo Ijanusi, said the hospital workers continue to claim that a dog entered the facility and carted away the placenta.
The state Public Relations Officer, Funmilayo Odunlami, said the case is under investigation.
“The nurse, the health assistant and the security officer are already with us while an investigation is ongoing,” the PPRO said.
