Nurse And Two Other Staff Arrested Over Missing Placenta

A nurse, a health assistant, and a security guard were detained by the Ondo State Police in connection with the puzzling disappearance of a baby’s placenta from the Comprehensive Health Centre, Emure-IIe, Owo Local Government Area.

The 23-year-old father of the newborn infant, Tunde Ijanusi, filed a complaint about the event at the Emure-Ile Police Division H, according to SP Olufunmilayo Odunlami-Omisanya, a spokesperson for the state police command, who confirmed the incident to press. The three people were then detained.

The 19-year-old nursing mother gave birth to a baby girl on June 15 at the health centre, according to the woman, but when the baby’s father requested the placenta, the nurse and her assistant were unable to provide it.

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In a conversation with the newsmen, the baby’s father, Ijanusi, expressed concern about the fact that the medical personnel who attended the delivery did not provide them with the placenta of the newborn as is customary.

The baby’s paternal grandmother, Mrs Funmilayo Ijanusi, also spoke out, saying it was unacceptable that medical staff had claimed a dog had broken into the building and stolen the placenta.

She stated that the health centre workers attempted to encourage the family to let go of the situation by offering to discharge the mother of the baby without collecting any money.

“The importance of the placenta to the family according to some community elders is enormous. And the placenta tells more about the child’s glory hence dangerous to be in the wrong hands.

“Though the joy over the new born is tainted with sadness, the family are clinging unto hope that spirited Nigerians and government to the missing placenta and serve justice on those involved,” the grandmother said.