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Medical council suspends Lagos doctor for six months over ‘professional negligence’
A tribunal set up by the Medical and Dental Council of Nigeria (MDCN) on Tuesday convicted one Dr Nwikwu Vitalis who runs a private hospital in Lagos for professional negligence.
According to the tribunal, Vitalis was guilty of one count charge brought against him.
Chairman of the tribunal, Prof. Abba Hassan, who read the judgment, suspended Vitalis for six months.
The tribunal held that the sentence started from November 30, 2016, by this, the tribunal held that Vitalis has served his term.
The tribunal held that Vitalis left the hospital leaving no competent hand to care for patients in his absence, which led to the death of a patient that was brought in for medical attention.
Hassan also said that the mother of the deceased patient reported the matter, “that if proper care was given to her son he would not have died’’.
Earlier, the respondent’s counsel, S.I Ogbonna, pleaded with the chairman to temper justice with mercy, as his client was a first time offender. He argued that there has not been any report on negligent duty on his client in the past.
Ogbonna also said his client has been on suspension since November 2016 and he has been through a lot.
News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the tribunal had convicted two other doctors on Monday.
The MDCN is the regulatory body of all medical and alternative medicine practitioners in the country, with the mandate to discipline any erring practitioners whose actions or in-actions fall short of the medical professional ethics.
Also MDCN Tribunal has equal jurisdictions with the regular High Court hence it’s ruling can only be challenged at the Court of Appeal.
NAN
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