365news gathered that Police have detained male nurse Austin Etim, who works at General Hospital Calabar, on suspicion of defiling a 14-year-old girl within the hospital’s male ward.
According to hospital management reports and ministry of health involvement, the suspect who was detained on Monday afternoon reportedly committed the alleged offense over the weekend.
According to information obtained by Vanguard, the male nurse sexually attacked the 14-year-old on Saturday as she was allegedly caring for her sick father in the hospital’s male ward while the mother ran around looking for other things.
Several reliable insiders with firsthand knowledge of the incident claim that the nurse tied the woman up with a scarf before abusing her.
A nurse who pleaded anonymity told Vanguard that the incident happened on Saturday as the teenagers was taking care of the sick father who was also unconscious at the time ,while the mum was running around to get drugs as well as other items.
When contacted , Permanent Secretary , Ministry of health, MOH , Dr Iwara Iwara said the suspect has been suspended henceforth, and the hospital has been given 48 hours to medically examine the teenager and produce her medical report for onward prosecution of the matter.
