Doctor jailed one year for causing patient harm

• Published date: 21 January 2023
• Publication title: Nigeria - The Nation

The Lagos High Court sitting at the Tafawa Balewa Square (TBS) yesterday sentenced a medical doctor, Dr. Ejike Ferdinand Orji, to one-year imprisonment for causing grievous harm, negligence and endangering the life of his 16-year-old patient.

Justice Adedayo Akintoye sentenced Orji after finding him guilty of four out of a six-count charge.

However, the judge discharged Orji, who is the Medical Director of Excel Medical Centre Dolphin Estate, of two other counts.

Orji was initially arraigned alongside his wife Dr. (Mrs) Ifeayinwa Grace Orji, but she was discharged and acquitted following an application by the Director of Public Prosecution (DPP) that the Lagos State Government wished to discontinue the case against her.

Delivering judgment, Justice Akintoye held that the prosecution established the essential ingredients of the offence of breach of duty, care and endangering the life of the teenager.

The court...