As part of its effort to rid the medical profession of bad eggs, about one hundred doctors from across the country will face a tribunal set up by the Medical and Dental Council of Nigeria, MDCN, in Abuja, over various professional misconducts.
The MDCN is the regulatory body of all medical and alternative medicine practitioners in Nigeria with the mandate to discipline any erring practitioner whose actions or in-actions fall short of the medical professional ethics.
Fifteen cases were brought before the tribunal two weeks ago with two convictions, while some of the cases were adjourned.
Although a date is yet to be fixed for the trial, a source at the MDNC said it would hold soon with about one hundred doctors involved.
In the just concluded trial, Dr Jamilu Muhammad of Martha Bamaiyi General Hospital, Zuru, Kebbi State, was suspended for six months for mismanaging a pregnant woman’s case and severing the lower limb of a baby while carrying out a surgery that was deemed unnecessary.
Muhammad was accused of erroneously diagnosing the baby to have died in its mother’s womb and decided to carry out a surgery in order to evacuate it from the mother.
However, after severing the lower limb of the baby, it was discovered that the baby was alive.
Also, Dr Nasiru Ibrahim of Al-Noor Clinic and Maternity, Angwon Rogo, Jos, Plateau State, was suspended for three months each on two charges preferred against him for professional negligence.
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