A man in Katsina State has reportedly divorced his 14-year-old wife for allowing a male medical practitioner to attend to her while giving birth to his baby.
This was disclosed on Thursday, July 27, 2023, by the Executive Director, Nana Women and Girls Initiative, Dr. Fatima Adamu. She said the teenage mother had a complicated childbirth.
As a result she was rushed to the hospital where there was no female medical practitioner on the ground to attend to her. The only male medical practitioner available attended to her during labour and successfully delivered her of the baby.
When the husband rushed to the hospital and realized that the medical practitioner that attended to his wife during labour was a male, he became angry and thereafter divorced her.
Adamu appealed to governments, especially state governments to ensure there was equity in the recruitment and deployment of medical personnel to rural communities.
The women’s rights activists lamented that Nigeria was producing medical doctors far below its need.
The event, which was organised with a view to revolutionising the country’s healthcare system, had stakeholders calling for accountability and prudence in healthcare training institutions.
