- As irate man attacks medical doctor with axe in Bauchi
“Sexual abuse suffered in a medical setting is a disturbing and traumatic experience”, wrote Hurley McKenna & Mertz in an article on hurley-law.com titled “4 Real-Life Examples of Sexual Abuse by Doctors.”
The duo further noted that “often, victims of sexual abuse are left feeling confused and isolated. However, the sad truth is that sexual abuse in a healthcare setting is more common than you may realize. While many victims are afraid to come forward, plenty of others have—sometimes making headlines, and sometimes quietly bringing their abuser to justice. And whether you remain anonymous or not (the laws around anonymity vary), take comfort in knowing that speaking out can stop your abuser from harming future victims.”
In 2020 a distressed Nigerian lady called out a medical doctor for allegedly sexually molesting her at a hospital she visited in Ikeja area of Lagos State. @Shantellesse disclosed that the doctor, Gbenga Fadero who told her she had “malaria, typhoid, and food poisoning” after she complained of having serious stomach pain and fever, stuck his finger in her vagina and fondled her boobs while claiming he was checking for “hardness”.
But a rather bizarre occurrence happened days ago when a doctor who doesn’t appear to be in his right mind sexually assaulted a heavily sedated pregnant woman while she was having C-section. Pictures from a concealed camera showed Giovanni Quintella Bezerra sexually assaulting the woman while doctors performed a caesarian on her. Giovanni Quintella Bezerra an anaesthetist who says he has worked in at least 10 hospitals has now been arrested on suspicion of rape after allegedly carrying out the assault on an unconscious woman’s mouth while she was on the operating table.
He was hidden from the other medics’ view by a sheet at the time of the alleged offence but suspicions were raised due to the way the sheet was moving, as well as the unusually large dose of anaesthetic that the patient had been given.
Bezerra’s colleagues moved the procedure, the third of the day, to a different operating theatre at the Hospital da Mulher in São João de Meriti, Rio de Janeiro, where they had set up a hidden video camera. Footage from the camera showed the 32-year-old apparently placing his penis in the patient’s mouth. After some ten minutes, Bezerra appeared to zip up his trousers before wiping the woman’s mouth with a tissue.
Based on the doctors’ evidence Bezerra was arrested on Monday, July 11 on a charge of rape of a vulnerable person, which carries a prison sentence of up to 15 years.
In a statement, the Health Foundation of the State of Rio de Janeiro and the Secretary of State for Health said: “We inform you that an internal investigation will be opened to take administrative measures. They added that “full support” was being given to the victim and her family.
The authorities are currently trying to trace other potential victims. Meanwhile, Clovis Bersot Munhoz, president of the Regional Council of Medicine of the State of Rio de Janeiro [Cremerj] described the shocking incident as “absurd.” However, Bezerra has said that he will not enter a plea until he has had an opportunity to review all the evidence against him.
In the meantime, a yet-to-be-identified man has been arrested by men of the Bauchi state police command for storming the Misau General Hospital in the state and attacking the Principal Medical Officer of the hospital with an axe over the treatment of his niece who was in Labour.
Disclosing this to newsmen, the chairman of the state chapter of the Nigerian Medical Association, Adamu Sambo, said Sani was hacked by the uncle of a woman who was delivered of a child at the hospital.
“What happened was that a patient came to the facility, I think either referred from a private facility or they came on their own, on an account of prolonged labour. This woman was having her labour for the first time, but they concealed the information that she had convulsed in the facility she was referred from.
“When she was examined, they realised that her baby’s head was already in the perineum and that she lacked the maternal efforts to push the baby out for delivery. So, they decided to shorten the second stage of labour through the use of assisted vaginal delivery.
“After the delivery of the baby using forceps delivery, the woman had a small tear which was to enable her to deliver the baby. The woman was bleeding from the tear and they took her to the theatre and repaired the tear, but the bleeding persisted. So, they took a decision to explore more to see whether the tear extended upwards into the uterus.
“They did that and realised that the tear did not even extend up to the uterus; they closed the woman and started managing her. But her condition was not good enough; she was bleeding after she had fitted and they realised that she had a condition which is called Eclampsia and one of the complications of that is that the woman will start bleeding from other places,” he added.
Sambo explained that the hospital stabilised the woman and placed her on oxygen before referring her to the Federal Medical Centre, Azare, Katagum, where she was receiving treatment and recuperating.
He added that the suspect stormed the hospital before she was transferred to the FMC, with an axe and attacked the doctor.
What would he have done if the Brazillian woman were his relation?
Additional reports from Dailystar.co.uk and Lindaikeji’sblog
