MAN DIES AFTER ‘FAKE’ SURGEON CUTS OFF HIS TONSILS

By PATRICK EBONG

OTUKE-A 21-year-old man died on Tuesday after a suspected fake surgeon allegedly cut off his tonsils in Otuke District.

 Otuke Resident District Commissioner  Mr Robert Abak said the suspect who is still at large reportedly performed the procedure on Joseph Eyen, a resident of Awonkok, Omwonyo-lee Parish in Ogor Sub-county.

 The operation was reportedly performed at the home of the quack doctor.

“The victim bled profusely before succumbing to the wounds but the suspect escaped,”  Mr Abak told Daily Monitor on Tuesday

 “This man [the suspect] has been roaming villages and markets operating on people suffering from. He has been cutting off their tonsils,” the RDC said.

“Sometimes you find mothers lining up along the roads waiting for him to operate on their children suffering from tonsillitis and false teeth.”

Tonsils are small organs at the sides of the throat, near the base of the tongue.  

Tonsillitis is inflammation of the tonsils. It's usually caused by a viral or bacterial infection.

It is a common among children, teenagers and young adults.

Mr Abak, who doubles as the district security committee chairperson, said the suspect is a  resident of Ogor Sub-county.

 “We have been telling people to go to hospital whenever they are sick. But they instead go to people who cannot diagnose any disease,” Mr Abak said.  “And to make it worst, this man has been using the same sharp object to operate his patients.”

SOURCE: MONITOR