Plateau hospital stolen 3-day-old baby found- CMD

By Golok Nanmwa,Jos

Management of the Plateau Specialist Hospital, on Friday said that the 3-day-old baby stolen from the hospital has been found and was in special custody in the hospital.

Chief Medical Director of Plateau Specialist Hospital, Dr Philemon Golwa, said that the baby was recovered from her abductor and after proper identification by its mother, the baby was placed in special nursing care.

He said “The mother of the baby has been able to identify her baby and we have recovered her and have placed the baby at the special care unit and under specialised care nurses of the hospital.

It could be recalled that a baby belonging to 30-year-old Mary Chukwuebuka of Zarmaganda, Jos, was stolen from her three days after birth at the Hospital where she went to deliver the baby.

Chukwuebuka had told newsmen that she gave birth on May 28, and the child, a baby girl, was stolen from her on May 31 by a woman who posed as a doctor. “I came to the hospital on Monday after I was induced; I gave birth on Tuesday morning at about 3:45am. “I lost a lot of blood during delivery and I was to be given blood through transfusion and my husband was not around and I had to call my mum. “I was on transfusion from Wednesday to Friday morning, I was to be discharged that day but when the doctor came in the evening, he said that there was another test that they need to conduct the next morning. “At about 6:17 p.m., a lady who dressed like a doctor came straight to me and asked where the form is. I gave her the form the doctor gave me earlier but she said that it was not that one, that it is the one for the baby. “I had undressed the baby but she insisted that I should dress the baby back because she was taking the baby to the children’s ward and requested that my mother should follow her,” she narrated.

Gov. Simon Lalong of Plateau State, who was at the hospital, stated that the police was still investigating the matter and urged patients not to be discouraged by the act. Lalong said that his administration is putting policies in place towards upgrading the hospital to a full specialist hospital and improve on its security. He also said that measures would be put in place to ensure that such ugly incident does not happen again in the hospital. Mother of the child, Mrs Chukwuebuka, while speaking to journalists, confirmed that her baby had been found and was in protective custody of the hospital and the police.

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3-Day-Old Baby Stolen From Plateau Specialist Hospital Found- CMD