Yemi Obafemi
Ondo state parents has lamented over the disappearance of a placenta of their newborn, at Emure Ile Comprehensive Health Centre in the Owo Local Government Area of the state.
Accoding to Police Command in Ondo State, on Tuesday, said, the nurse, health assistant and security officer involved with the disappearance of the placenta has been arrested.
The father of the newborn, Tunde Ijanusi, and other family members continued to demand the placenta after his wife delivered the baby girl at the hospital, the arrested health workers claimed a stray dog invaded the hospital and carted away the placenta.
He added that refusal of the health workers to give them the placenta was worrisome and action must be taken to ensure that justice was served in the matter.
“The baby girl was born on June 15, 2023, at the Comprehensive Health Centre in Emure Ile, and since then the health workers that took the delivery had not given us the placenta. We are very worried about this,” he lamented.
The State Public Relations Officer, Funmilayo Odunlami, said the case was under investigation.
“The nurse, the health assistant and the security officer are already with us while an investigation is ongoing,” she stated
The paternal grandmother of the newborn, Funmilayo Ijanusi, said the hospital workers claimed that a dog entered the facility and carted away the placenta.
