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According to dailymailuk, a Nigerian nurse in the U.K has been dragged to court for performing a circumcision that led to the death of a four-week-old baby. Read how they reported it below;
A four-week-old baby bled to death after a botched home
circumcision by a nurse, a court heard today. Goodluck Caubergs died the day
after nurse Grace Adeleye carried out the procedure without anesthetic and using
only a pair of scissors, forceps and olive oil, Manchester Crown Court heard. The
66-year-old medic is originally from Nigeria, as are the youngster’s parents,
where the circumcision of newborns is the tradition for Christian families, the
jury heard.
I've noticed that Daily Mail U.K never reports anything positive about Nigerians, if you're wondering what I'm talking about read HERE and HERE. I believe there are Nigerians over there who are doing great and amazing things but they never report it. Continue to read the rest of their report after the cut...
Adeleye, also a midwife, was paid £100 to do the operation
as Goodluck’s parents were not aware the procedure was available on the NHS. The
Royal Oldham Hospital was just a mile and a half from the family home in
Chadderton, near Oldham, but by the time an ambulance was called the child
could not be saved. Adeleye, of Sarnia Court, Salford, Greater Manchester,
denies manslaughter by gross negligence of the baby boy.
It is alleged she botched the procedure by leaving a
'ragged' wound that bled, and her post-op care was also woefully inadequate. Adrian
Darbishire QC, opening the case for the prosecution, told the jury: 'The
allegation essentially here is that the care she provided in the course of that
procedure was so bad that not only did it cause the death of that young baby
wholly unnecessarily, but it amounted to gross negligence and a crime.' Mr Darbishire said circumcisions were routinely carried out
among Christian families in Nigeria who brought the tradition with them to the
UK, and the procedure was an 'ancient, well established and widespread'
practice across the world.
Goodluck was born on March 22, 2010, in Rochdale and died on
April 17, the day after the circumcision, aged 27 days. Around 5pm on April 16,
Goodluck’s father, Olajunti Fatunla, brought Adeleye by car to the family home
— and the nurse sent him immediately to get some Calpol while she and the
mother, Sylvia Attiko, got on with the op.
Once inside, Adeleye told the boy’s mother to fetch some
olive oil and a bowl of warm water and the child was stripped to just his vest.
Adeleye then brought her 'instruments' out of her handbag and dipped a pair of
scissors into the water in a kidney dish. 'At that point Sylvia closed her
eyes,' Mr Darbishire said. 'Goodluck had had no anaesthetic or local pain
relief at this point and that is not how this should be done. 'By the time
Sylvia opened her eyes the operation was over. 'She could see the foreskin
between the blades of the scissors.'
'His parents remained concerned but they had been reassured
by the defendant.'However, the following morning it was clear something was
wrong and at 7.20am an ambulance was called. A post-mortem examination found Goodluck died from blood
loss after the op. Mr Darbishire said: 'His death was wholly unnecessary. He
bled to death over a period of many hours when medical assistance, which could
have saved his life, was minutes away.' The trial, scheduled to last two weeks,
was adjourned until tomorrow morning.
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