Police operative allegedly refuses to pay medical bill, arrests doctor
Nigeria, March 19 -- The Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) in Anambra State has demanded immediate arrest and prosecution of a police operative in the state for alleged 'illegal' arrest and detention of a medical doctor who asked to be paid for treating the operative.
The NMA, in a statement on Sunday signed by its Chairperson, Jane Ezeonu, said the medical doctor, Ofodile Ekweogwu, a consultant neurosurgeon, treated the police operative, Stephen Okona, at a private hospital in Nnewi in the state.
Ms Ezeonu, also a medical doctor, said Mr Okona, a police corporal, was treated after he sustained a head injury from a road accident in January and subsequently discharged after his 'full' recovery.
The NMA chairperson said after the operat...
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