Suspected assassins have killed one Dr Uyi Iluobe in his hospital Olive Clinic in Oghara-eki Delta State on December 29th.
"He was in the consulting room with a patient (who is currently at large). The patient was said to have come in with severe pains and was being reviewed urgently without registration in medical records when suddenly the assailants came in and shot him dead. The lady (supposed patient) and the assassins left hurriedly in a car parked outside the hospital while other hospital staffs were all lying face down and in fear.The body of the late doctor has been deposited in the mortuary while the security agencies are making efforts to fish out his killers. Condemning the gruesome murder, the Nigerian Medical Association NMA has called on the State government and the Inspector-General of Police IGP Usman Baba to arrest the perpetrators of the murder.
NMA in statement on Monday by its President, Dr Uche Ojinmah reads, “The Nigerian Medical Association received with shock and sadness the news of the murder on December 31st, 2022 of Dr Iluobe by the relatives of his patient at Oghara where his practice was based.
“The above scenario being the response of the patient's relatives to the loss of the said patient from suspected gunshot injuries can never be justifiable and they have taken violence against doctors and other healthcare workers from injuries to murder.
“It is unbelievable that in the face of a debilitating medical brain drain, the few doctors that patriotically decided to stay back and take care of our fellow citizens are being murdered by the same Nigerians.
“While we sympathise with the family of the patient that was lost, we strongly condemn this murder and call on the Government of Delta State and the Inspector-General of Police to as a matter of urgency bring the perpetrators of this heinous crime to book so as to assuage the pain we feel. A man should not be murdered for the selfless act of being on duty on the New Year’s Eve.
“The Nigerian Medical Association uses this medium to call on the National Assembly to make a law criminalising violence against healthcare workers. Please save our souls from wanton attacks by fellow Nigerians.
“We are closely monitoring the handling of the case of Dr Uyi Iluobe’s murder and shall respond as the need arises. Enough is enough."
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