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Court Jails Doctor For Negligence, Endangering Patient’s Life

by Olugbenga Soyele
3 years ago
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Justice Adedayo Akintoye of the Lagos State High court sitting at Tafawa Balewa Square on Friday convicted and sentenced a medical Doctor, Dr Ejike Orji, to one-year imprisonment for causing grievous harm, negligence and endangering the life of a 16-year-old patient.

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Justice Akintoye jailed Dr Orji, who is the Medical Director of Excel Medical Centre Dolphin Estate, after holding in her judgment that the prosecution has proved the essential ingredients of the offence of breach of duty, care and endangering the life of a 16-year-old patient.
The judge further held, in her verdict, that the convict’s action falls below what is reasonably expected of a medical doctor.
The prosecution had accused the convict of committing the offences on July 26, 2018, at his hospital by fixing a Plaster of Paris cast too tightly on Ezi-Ashi’s leg, which caused him grievous harm.
The state counsel, Babatunde Sunmonu had also claimed that the victim complained of discomfort and asked that the POP be relaxed, but the convict refused, which resulted in the teenager becoming unconscious and he was subsequently rushed to the Reddington Hospital, Victoria Island, Lagos, where he was operated upon.
He stated that at the Reddington Hospital, it was discovered that the defendant had sawed off the POP and allegedly damaged the muscles in the lower part of the boy’s leg, foot and toes with wide open sores that were at the initial stage of becoming ‘compartmentalised’.
Justice Akintoye found Dr. Orji guilty on four of the six counts of the charge brought against him by the state while he was discharged on two of the counts.
“The prosecution has been able to establish essential ingredients of the offences of breach of duty. I find that the prosecution has established essential ingredients in courts 2, 3, 4, and 6. The prosecution has therefore proved their case beyond a reasonable doubt.
In his plea for mercy, the defence lawyer, Ajibola Ariba urged the court to temper justice with mercy, stating that the convict is a first-time offender who had never been convicted of any crime in the past.
After listening to the lawyer, Justice Akintoye held, “I have listened to a plea for leniency on behalf of the Defendant, that the defendant is a first-time offender. Therefore, the defendant, Dr Ejike Ferdinand Orji is hereby convicted and sentenced to one-year imprisonment each, on counts two, three, four and six.”
The judge further ordered that the sentence shall run concurrently.


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