Operatives of Ondo state police command have arrested a nurse, health assistant and a security guard at the Comprehensive Health Centre, Emure-IIe, Owo Local Government Area, for the inexplanable disappearance of a baby’s placenta.
Speaking about this development, the Public Relations Officer, SP of the state command, Olufunmilayo Odunlami-Omisanya, explained that the three persons involved were arrested after the 23-year-old father of the new born baby, Tunde Ijanusi, brought a complaint of the incident at the Emure-Ile Police Division Headquarters.
The police spokesperson said that the 19-year-old nursing mother was delivered of a baby girl on June 15 at the health center.
He said that when the father of the baby asked for the placenta, the nurse and her assistant were unable to make it available.
The PPRO said, “So, it is the case of more of negligence of duty and the nurse, health assistant and security were invited by the police and currently the case is being handled at the Emure-Ile division.”
Also, the father of the baby, Ijanusi, expressed worry after he noted that the health workers who took delivery of his baby failed to give him or the wife the baby placenta as it is the custom.
Also expressing her concerns, the paternal grandmother of the baby, Funmilayo Ijanusi, said that she report she received by the hospital officials that a dog entered the health facility and walked away with the baby placenta was not convincing to her.
The grandmother said that some officials of the health center personnel made attempts to convince the family to allow the matter die down, while offering to discharge the mother of the baby without collecting any money.
The grandma said that, “The importance of the placenta to the family according to some community elders is enormous. And the placenta tells more about the child’s glory hence dangerous to be in the wrong hands.
“Though the joy over the new born is tainted with sadness, the family are clinging unto hope that spirited Nigerians and government will intervene to ensure the recovery of the missing placenta. I also want justice to be served on those involved.”
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