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Laquintinie Mortuary Attendants Sacked For Trafficking Human Organs Monday, October 22, 2012 By Joe Dinga Pefok CameroonPostline.com <http://www.cameroonpostline.com/> -- The Minister of Public Health, Andre Mama Fouda, on October 19, 2012, fired four mortuary attendants at the Laquintinie Hospital in Douala for peddling human parts. Interestingly, the Chief Mortuary Attendant, Jean Claude Eugene Nogock aka Pharahon, who recently exposed the human parts business was also fired. Description: http://www.cameroonpostline.com/PostNewspaper/FCKEditor/image/Cameroon%20POS Tline/Oct%202012/Andr+%C2%AC%20Mama%20Fouda.jpg Mama Fouda, Health Minister Pharahon said that mortuary attendants who are involved in trafficking body parts operate in collaboration with some highly placed persons at the hospital. He said most persons who buy the human organs are members of sects. The Minister, during a visit to the Laquintinie Hospital on October 17, had warned against malpractices by hospital personnel, and said it is good thing when personnel denounce malpractices by colleagues. The Public Health boss also admitted that he had been informed of cases of disrespect of deontology and ethical lapses in some aspects. The Minister also sacked the head of the laboratory service because it was alleged that the secret extraction of body parts in the hospital for trafficking, had been taking place at the hospitals laboratory and mortuary. Mutilated Corpse Meanwhile, the death of a student of the Douala University, Franck Ngueukam, and the alleged mutilation of the corpse at the Laquintinie Hospital mortuary, was what led to exposure of the trafficking of human parts. Florence Magnigan, sister of the late student, told reporters that Ngueukam was taken to the Laquintinie Hospital on August 21, 2012 but died a few days later. Magnigan said the family was convinced that Ngueukams death was not natural, and suspected one of her aunts, simply referred to as Nicole, and her husband, of having a hand in the death. She said when she went to the hospital on August 30, in relation to the death of her brother, Pharahon told her that the corpse had been tampered with at the mortuary. Pharahon who corroborated the story to the press, said Nicole went to the mortuary on August 29, and said she wanted hair from late Ngueukams head and some nails from the toes. The Chief Mortuary Attendant said he told the woman that he does not do such nasty business. Pharahon said when he reported for work the next morning, he examined Ngeuekams corpse and discovered that some hair had been cut off from the head and some nails had also been cut. He said his investigation revealed that one his colleagues (names withheld) received FCFA 83.000 for the deal. Pharahon said such malpractices were common at the Laquintinie Hospital and that many families whose corpses are tampered with at the mortuary, do not realise the acts when they go to remove the corpses. He said he had fought single-handedly over the years to stop the malpractice in vain. He said for example that a few days later in September, he entered the mortuary unannounced one afternoon, and the same mortuary attendant was again meddling with the corpse of Ngeuekam. Pharahon said he sneaked back, called Magnigan and also alerted the hospital authorities.The hospital authorities and Magnigan got to the mortuary and found the said mortuary attendant had removed the corpse from the freezer and placed it on the floor and was cutting it open with a knife. The hospital authorities are said to have not taken any immediate sanction against the mortuary attendant nor even called the police. However, the family of late Ngeuekam filed a complaint to the State Counsel, who ordered the authorities of the Laquintinie Hospital to make arrangement for an autopsy to be conducted on the corpse. The Minister claimed that a result of one of the autopsies showed that no organ was removed from the corpse of Ngeuekam, adding that it would not be possible to conduct another autopsy because the corpse was no longer in a good state. First published in The Post print edition no 01385 Thé Mulindwas Communication Group "With Yoweri Museveni and Dr. Kiiza Besigye Uganda is in anarchy" Kuungana Mulindwa Mawasiliano Kikundi "Pamoja na Yoweri Museveni na Dk. Kiiza Besigye Uganda ni katika machafuko"
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