A yet-to-be-identified Nigerian nurse in the United Kingdom has been reportedly sacked by the management of her hospital for praying for an elderly patient.
The self-acclaimed online doctor, Harvey Olufunmilayo, disclosed this on his official X handle, @drolufunmilayo, on Thursday.
CRUX NEWS could not verify this claim as of the time of this report.
While warning Nigerian doctors moving to the UK not to pray for patients, doctor 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.
He wrote, “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.”
