ADVERTISEMENT
  • The Membership Club
  • PT Hausa
  • About Us
  • Advert Rates
  • Careers
  • Contact Us
Wednesday, January 20, 2021
Premium Times Nigeria
  • Home
  • COVID-19
  • News
    • Headline Stories
    • Top News
    • More News
    • Foreign
  • Investigations
  • Business
    • News Reports
    • Financial Inclusion
    • Analysis and Data
    • Business Specials
    • Opinion
    • Oil/Gas Reports
      • FAAC Reports
      • Revenue
  • Opinion
  • Health
    • News Reports
    • Investigations
    • Data and Infographics
    • Health Specials
    • Features
    • Events
    • Primary Health Tracker
  • Agriculture
    • News Report
    • Research & Innovation
    • Data & Infographics
    • Special Reports/Features
    • Investigations
    • Interviews
    • Markets
  • Arts/Life
    • Arts/Books
    • Kannywood
    • Lifestyle
    • Music
    • Nollywood
    • Travel
  • Sports
    • Football
    • More Sports News
    • Sports Features
  • Projects
    • Parliament Watch
    • Panama Papers
    • Paradise Papers
    • AGAHRIN
  • Home
  • COVID-19
  • News
    • Headline Stories
    • Top News
    • More News
    • Foreign
  • Investigations
  • Business
    • News Reports
    • Financial Inclusion
    • Analysis and Data
    • Business Specials
    • Opinion
    • Oil/Gas Reports
      • FAAC Reports
      • Revenue
  • Opinion
  • Health
    • News Reports
    • Investigations
    • Data and Infographics
    • Health Specials
    • Features
    • Events
    • Primary Health Tracker
  • Agriculture
    • News Report
    • Research & Innovation
    • Data & Infographics
    • Special Reports/Features
    • Investigations
    • Interviews
    • Markets
  • Arts/Life
    • Arts/Books
    • Kannywood
    • Lifestyle
    • Music
    • Nollywood
    • Travel
  • Sports
    • Football
    • More Sports News
    • Sports Features
  • Projects
    • Parliament Watch
    • Panama Papers
    • Paradise Papers
    • AGAHRIN
Premium Times Nigeria
BUA Group Ad BUA Group Ad BUA Group Ad
ADVERTISEMENT
A Maternity Ward used to illustrate the story [Photo: The Guardian Nigeria]

A Maternity Ward used to illustrate the story [Photo: The Guardian Nigeria]

Controversy as newborn baby ‘disappears’ at Plateau hospital

byUsman Audu
June 13, 2019
3 min read

A controversy is presently brewing over the mysterious disappearance of a newborn at the Plateau Specialist Hospital, Jos, the capital of Plateau State.

While the mother, Mary Chukwuebuka, said her baby was taken away from her by a ‘staffer’ at the hospital hours after she gave birth, the hospital management has dismissed the claim, linking it to a ‘mysterious woman’ who reportedly visited the hospital on the same day the incident happened.

The woman said her baby was taken from her on May 28 after delivery.

“I came to the hospital on Monday (May 27, 2019) to deliver my baby. I have been coming for antenatal, and that day I came, and they said I am due to deliver (for delivery),” she narrated.

“The doctor referred me to the Gynaecology (department). I told them that I have nobody at home, I had to go back home and pick my things, and the doctor permitted me to go, and I came back.

“When I came back, I was induced and after some hours finally gave birth to a baby girl on Tuesday at 3:47 a.m. after severe bleeding.

“In the evening, the doctor came, and I was expecting him to discharge me, but he said that they are going to run another test, and he asked if I was given any form and I said no. He said that they would bring the form in the morning to run the test.”

She said a lady, whom she thought was a nurse came later to take the baby from her.

“A lady came around 6 p.m. and asked me where the baby is? The lady said that they are supposed to get the blood of the baby and demanded to carry the baby to go and collect the blood and I gave her the baby on trust that she was a doctor (nurse?).

RelatedNews

Girl jumps down two-storey building to evade punishment- NSCDC

Britain records ‘highest coronavirus death rate’ worldwide- Report

COVID-19: Nigeria acquires ultra cold freezers to store Pfizer vaccine

How Ex-Air Force chiefs diverted N3 billion paid to NAF by NIMASA – Witness

“I wanted to undress the baby, but she told me to stop, that she will take her to the children’s ward to take the blood. She asked me to tell my mother to follow her to collect the baby, but on the way, she sent my mother back,” she said.

She said this was the last time she saw the infant.

“After some time, I was hearing the cry of the baby and I told my mother that are they taking the blood up to an hour? A patient that I was together with was coming from the children’s ward, and I asked her if she saw my baby in the children’s ward and she said no.

Dangote adbanner 728x90_2 (1)

“I stood up and went there, but there was no child, and the lady was not there. I came back and reported immediately to the nurses, and they started searching. The nurses searched and didn’t see the baby and the woman.

“The hospital authority called the police and reported the matter. I called my husband to come so that we can all go to the station to give a statement. The hospital management and the police went to the station. We waited for them in the hospital, and the police came in later and took my statement,” she said.

She said since the incident; the hospital management ”had stopped treating her and attending to her queries on the whereabouts of her baby”.

Hospital’s version

PREMIUM TIMES reached out to the hospital management.

The Chief Medical Director of the hospital, Philemon Golwa, confirmed the incident but linked the baby’s disappearance to a ‘strange’ woman who visited the hospital that day for a pregnancy test.

He explained that the medical examination carried on the said woman had revealed a ‘false pregnancy’ but ”the woman and a man claiming to be her husband had caused a scene before leaving the hospital”.

ADVERTISEMENT

“The nurses then advised all the patients to be careful with their babies after that incident, only for us to hear that a woman dressed as a hospital staffer had abducted a baby and the mother did not notify the hospital until about an hour later,” he said.

The CMD said the hospital was checking from its records to get information about the suspect while the police were investigating the matter.

Meanwhile, Tyopev Terna, the state police spokesperson, said the command is aware of the incident and investigation is ongoing.

  • WhatsApp
  • Tweet
  • Email
  • Print
  • Telegram
  • More
  • Share on Tumblr
  • Pocket

Support PREMIUM TIMES' journalism of integrity and credibility

Good journalism costs a lot of money. Yet only good journalism can ensure the possibility of a good society, an accountable democracy, and a transparent government.

For continued free access to the best investigative journalism in the country we ask you to consider making a modest support to this noble endeavour.

By contributing to PREMIUM TIMES, you are helping to sustain a journalism of relevance and ensuring it remains free and available to all.

Donate


TEXT AD: To advertise here . Call Willie +2347088095401...


JOIN THE CONVERSATION

  • Disqus (0)
premiumtimes



PT Mag Campaign AD

Previous Post

1,204 convicted since 2015 — EFCC

Next Post

EDITORIAL: NBC Vs. DAAR Communications: What all parties should do

Usman Audu

Usman Audu

More News

COVID-19: Coronavirus Test Sample

Britain records ‘highest coronavirus death rate’ worldwide- Report

January 19, 2021
Yemi Osinbajo [PHOTO: TW: @profosinbajo]

COVID-19: Nigerian govt to give one million households N5,000 monthly for six months

January 19, 2021
The scene of tanker explosion in Abeokuta [PHOTO CREDIT: @dapoabiodunmfr]

Ogun govt bans fuel tankers, articulated vehicles from plying flyovers

January 19, 2021
Federal Internal Revenue Service (FIRS)

Nigeria’s FIRS raked in N4.9trn in tax revenue 2020 – Official

January 19, 2021
OAU: Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU)

OAU announces date for continuation of 2019/2020 academic session

January 19, 2021
The logo of the Nigerian Stock Exchange is pictured in Lagos, Nigeria November 9, 2016. REUTERS/Afolabi Sotunde

Nigerian Govt raised ‘N2.36trn from capital market in 2020’

January 19, 2021
Next Post
A Daar Communications media truck [photo: Business Post NG]

EDITORIAL: NBC Vs. DAAR Communications: What all parties should do

Julius Onah directing the movie The Girl is Trouble (Photo Credit: Filmmaker Magazine)

Nigerian filmmaker, Julius Onah, explores racism in Hollywood film ‘Luce’

Discussion about this post

Search

#EndSARS: Latest Updates




Polaris Bank


JAIZ Ad


NITDA Ad




Advertisement






netherland biz school Advert

Zenith Advert

Heritage Advert
ADVERTISEMENT

Our Digital Network

  • PT Hausa
  • Election Centre
  • Human Trafficking Investigation
  • Centre for Investigative Journalism
  • National Conference
  • Press Attack Tracker
  • PT Academy
  • Dubawa
  • LeaksNG
  • Campus Reporter

Resources

  • Oil & Gas Facts
  • List of Universities in Nigeria
  • LIST: Federal Unity Colleges in Nigeria
  • NYSC Orientation Camps Address Nationwide
  • Nigeria’s Federal/States’ Budgets since 2005
  • Malabu Scandal Thread
  • World Cup 2018
  • Panama Papers Game
  • Our Digital Network
  • About Us
  • Resources
  • Projects
  • Data & Infographics
  • DONATE

All content is Copyrighted © 2020 The Premium Times, Nigeria

No Result
View All Result
  • Home
  • COVID-19
  • News
    • Headline Stories
    • Top News
    • More News
    • Foreign
  • Investigations
  • Business
    • News Reports
    • Financial Inclusion
    • Analysis and Data
    • Business Specials
    • Opinion
    • Oil/Gas Reports
      • FAAC Reports
      • Revenue
  • Health
    • News Reports
    • Investigations
    • Data and Infographics
    • Health Specials
    • Features
    • Events
    • Primary Health Tracker
  • Agriculture
    • News Report
    • Research & Innovation
    • Data & Infographics
    • Special Reports/Features
    • Investigations
    • Interviews
    • Markets
  • Arts/Life
    • Arts/Books
    • Kannywood
    • Lifestyle
    • Music
    • Nollywood
    • Travel
  • Sports
    • Football
    • More Sports News
    • Sports Features
  • Projects
    • Panama Papers
    • Paradise Papers
    • Parliament Watch
    • AGAHRIN
  • Opinion
  • PT Hausa
  • The Membership Club
  • Dubawa
    • Dubawa NG
  • About Us
  • Advert Rates
  • Careers
  • Contact Us
  • Digital Store
  • DONATE

All content is Copyrighted © 2020 The Premium Times, Nigeria

Our website uses cookies. By continuing to use this website you are giving consent to cookies being used. Visit our Privacy and Cookie Policy.
loading Cancel
Post was not sent - check your email addresses!
Email check failed, please try again
Sorry, your blog cannot share posts by email.