Ondo police nab quack doctor for allegedly killing 2 patients
The Ondo State Police Command and its ministry of health have apprehended a quack doctor identified as Adewale Emmanuel Owolanke, in Uso.
Owolanke allegedly operated and killed two of his patients in the community. He was arrested for allegedly causing them various degrees of complications.
Abooluwa Famakinwa, who made a statement on behalf of the ministry, explained that the quack doctor was arrested after some cases of his patients ended in fatalities.
According to her, the ministry had received a series of complaints from some individuals until there was a complication with one of his patients who had an ectopic pregnancy in his hospital.
She was however redirected to the Federal Medical Center, Owo, where it was discovered that the operation was done by a quack medical doctor.
Famakinwa explained that the hospital had been closed down by the Ministry last year when two people who were badly operated upon lost their lives but said the hospital was illegally reopened by Owolanke.
She said Owolanke has three other staff at the hospital, known as Divine Hospital, situated behind St. Andrews Anglican Church Uso, while his wife also operates a pharmaceutical store beside the hospital where patients usually buy drugs.
