By Oluwatosin Maliki
In a shocking revelation, a Nigerian woman who is yet to be identified, living and working as a nurse in the United Kingdom has reportedly been sacked by the management of her hospital after she was found praying for an elderly patient.
The news which went viral was posted by a self-acclaimed online doctor, identified as Harvey Olufunmilayo, via his X handle (formerly Twitter) @drolufunmilayo, on Thursday.
Although QUEST TIMES cannot verify this claim, the doctor explained what happened, while using the incident to warn Nigerian doctors planning on moving to the UK to avoid praying for patients and focus on their job.
Also, Harvey claimed that the said Nigerian health worker was further deported for what he believed was unethical for health workers in the UK to bring religion to their work.
Furthermore, he added that it is not customary for nurses to pray for patients, however, they can ask for a cleric to carry out any religious service on patients, irrespective of whether they want them (the nurses) to do so.
In his words, “I just read the sad story of a Nigerian who came to the UK and was employed by an agency to work as a caregiver for elderly people. She was assigned to care for an elderly patient who was dying, and she was reported for ‘praying for the client to get better’. Yeah. She got sacked and deported”.
“Praying for your patient is seen as an abuse of trust and misuse of your position. You are expected to simply do and focus on your job,” he noted.