No fewer that six fake doctors operating in Aladim community of Ogoja Local Government Area, Cross River state have been apprehended by the Police in collaboration with the State Task Force on quackery and related violation in the healthcare delivery system.
Briefing newsmen in Calabar, on Tuesday, Chairman of the Task Force, Dr David Ushie, said six persons, including Dr Adugba, allegedly conspired to carry out fake surgeries on nine persons out of the 10 patients that were found in the facilities visited by the team.
His words, “This briefing is about fake doctors operating in Aladim community of Ogoja LGA, it’s about the sad incident that we received a tip-off concerning some wonder surgeons in the community.
“My team and I left Calabar by 12:30 am on September 8, 2022, to ensure the offenders did not escape as they usually did.
“As we arrived in the wee hours, we immediately contacted the chairman of the council, Emmanuel Ishabor and the DPO of Ceja Area command, Supol Horsfall, who both confirmed the incident.
“Our investigations took us to Health Centre, Aladim, the venue of the crime. After a full day interview and facility assessment, we made the following discoveries.
“There were 10 patients on admission. Nine of the 10 patients had 11 ‘surgeries’. Among the nine, three patients had four ‘surgeries’ for ‘hernia’, the majority of the seven had ‘surgeries’ for ‘appendectomies, one patient had two surgeries’ for ‘appendix’ (1) and ‘hernia’ (1).
“At least, five of the 11 surgeries were clearly recognizable as superficial skin cuts giving patients the false sense that they had surgery(ies).
“At least six persons conspired in these fake surgeries and they include Mr. Phillips Beeve (carried out ‘surgical operations’ on all nine) and Mr. Sunny (carries out ultrasound scan and report with Life First business name).”
