Our reporter/ A Nigerian healthcare worker in the United Kingdom has been sacked and deported after she was reportedly seen praying for an elderly dying patient.
Popular Nigerian doctor @drolufunmilayo who made the disclosure via a post on X formerly known as Twitter, explained that it is unethical in the UK for health care workers to bring religion into their duties.
According to the doctor, although it is not customary for nurses to pray for patients, it is expected of them to ask a cleric to perform any religious service on them, even if the patient requests that they do such.
The medical practitioner said he narrated the incident to warn Nigerian healthcare workers moving to the UK not to pray for patients.
“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,” the doctor explained.
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