{"id":11415,"date":"2019-11-04T00:27:07","date_gmt":"2019-11-04T00:27:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nigeriastandardnewspaper.com\/ng\/?p=5934"},"modified":"2019-11-04T00:27:07","modified_gmt":"2019-11-04T00:27:07","slug":"shameful-nigerian-born-80-year-old-british-doctor-isyaka-mamman-arrested-for-manslaughter-prescription-fraud-in-manchester-after-he-pierced-patients-heart-with-hypodermic-needle-patient-died","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nigeriastandardnewspaper.com\/a\/shameful-nigerian-born-80-year-old-british-doctor-isyaka-mamman-arrested-for-manslaughter-prescription-fraud-in-manchester-after-he-pierced-patients-heart-with-hypodermic-needle-patient-died\/","title":{"rendered":"SHAMEFUL: Nigerian born 80 year old British Doctor, ISYAKA MAMMAN arrested for Manslaughter, Prescription Fraud in Manchester…after he pierced patient’s heart with hypodermic needle * Patient died in his hands during a routine hospital procedure *Questioned by detectives over allegations of gross negligence after 48-year old Shahida Varven collapsed whilst giving a sample of her bone marrow *Refused bail conditions as he begged court to fly to Nigeria to attend his granddaughter’s wedding *earlier suspended from medical practise for 12 months after giving a total of five different dates of birth with regulators BY TIM IBADE\/SPECIAL CRIME CORRESPONDENT, MANCHESTER & GEORGE ELIJAH OTUMU\/AMERICAN Foreign Bureau Chief"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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SHAMEFUL:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nigerian\nborn 80 year old British Doctor, ISYAKA MAMMAN arrested for\nManslaughter, Prescription Fraud in Manchester…after\nhe pierced patient’s heart with hypodermic<\/strong>\nneedle<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

*\nPatient died in his hands during a routine hospital procedure<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

*Questioned\nby detectives over allegations of gross negligence after 48-year old\nShahida Varven collapsed whilst giving a sample of her bone marrow<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

*Refused\nbail conditions as he begged court to fly to Nigeria to attend his\ngranddaughter’s wedding<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

*earlier\n suspended from medical practise for 12 months after giving a total\nof five different dates of birth with regulators<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

BY\nTIM IBADE\/SPECIAL CRIME CORRESPONDENT, MANCHESTER & GEORGE ELIJAH\nOTUMU\/AMERICAN Foreign Bureau Chief <\/strong>\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

HE’S A\nNIGERIAN BORN NATURALIZED BRITISH CITIZEN, TRAINED MEDICAL DOCTOR IN\nBRITAIN. DR ISYAKA MAMMAN, AN 80 YEAR OLD MEDICAL PROFESSIONAL HAS\nENDED HIS CAREER IN DISREPUTE AND SHAME, AS HE IS BEING PROSECUTED\nFOR MANSLAUGHTER AND PRESCRIPTION FRAUD in Manchester, Britain. <\/strong>\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Reports\nindicate that this NHS doctor was arrested after a patient died\nduring a routine hospital procedure. Mamman was questioned by\ndetectives few months ago over allegations of gross negligence after\n48-year old Shahida Varven collapsed whilst giving a sample of her\nbone marrow.<\/strong>Police\nare investigating whether a hypodermic needle the haematologist used\npierced soft tissue around Mrs Varven’s heart and not the breastbone\nas it should have done. She died shortly after the procedure began\ndespite attempts to revive her. <\/strong>\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The\ninvestigation emerged as Mamman went to a court to ask for a change\nin his bail conditions so he could fly to Nigeria for his\ngranddaughter’s wedding. The request was refused. The court heard\nthat officers found various prescription medication-only medication\nin different names at the doctor’s home in Royton, near Oldham,\nGreater Manchester plus legal documents belonging to him showing\nvarious dates of birth. When he applied for registration as a doctor\nin the UK in 1964 he submitted a document giving his date of birth as\nSeptember 1936. <\/strong>\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The\ncourt also heard that Mamman had previously been summoned before the\nGeneral Medical Council in 2005 where he was suspended from medical\npractise for 12 months after giving a total of five different dates\nof birth with regulators concluding he gave decreasing birthdates to\nimprove his chances of getting jobs in the NHS. <\/strong>\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According\nto the GMC Mamman attended a university in London in 1958 and\nqualified in 1964. Ages he has given on his passport plus to the GMC\nhave ranged from 71 to 82. In 2001 he used one of the dates of birth\nto get British citizenship. Mamman who denies wrongdoing is currently\non bail pending further inquiries and has not been charged with any\noffence.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The\ntragedy occurred on September 3 last year after Mrs Varven was\nadmitted to an unnamed hospital for a consultation with Dr Mamman\nabout having a sample of bone marrow taken.\nThe\ndoctor who has worked for the Pennine Acute Hospitals NHS Trust at\nthe haemotology unit for 14 years was intending to take a sample from\nMrs Vaven’s hip but the procedure was unsuccessful due to the\npatient’s build so he took a sample from her sternum.\nInitially it\nwas thought the process was successful and a sample was taken but a\nshort time later Mrs Varven collapsed. <\/strong>\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She\ntemporarily regained consciousness after Dr Mamman and other staff\ntried to revive her but she collapsed again and died shortly\nafterwards. NHS\ninvestigators carried out an internal probe before passing the matter\nonto police and Dr Mamman was suspended on November 23.\nHe was\narrested on March 15 and interviewed but released on bail with\nconditions to live and sleep at his home address and that he should\nnot practice medicine. He was also told to report to Oldham Police\nStation each Monday between 10-2. <\/strong>\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

At\nTameside magistrates court where Mamman’s date of birth was not\ngiven, defence lawyer Asif Akram said: ‘As far as this is concerned\nhe is on police bail and he has not been charged with any offence. He\nhas been a professional doctor for over 25 years. He’s worked at the\nhospital he’s currently employed by for 14 years.\n‘Dr\nMamman is a professional person, a doctor for a significant period of\ntime. In 2005, Dr Mamman was suspended for 12 months following an\ninvestigation by the General Medical Council. <\/strong>\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

‘His\nrecorded date of birth was different when he applied to a different\nposition within the NHS. Dr Mamman’s explanation for this is that in\nNigeria there is no proper system for documenting when an individual\nis born. What authorities rely on in Nigeria is a document made by\nparents or guardians. This incident is in no way related to the issue\nyou must decide on today.\n‘As\nfor police bail, he has reported when required and has assisted\npolice when interviewed answering all of their questions. Dr Mamman\ninsists there was no negligence on his part and his actions did not\ncontribute to the death of this woman. ‘He\nhas continually helped and assisted police in interviews. In\ninterviews, police have not put any allegation to him. He was simply\nasked his account of what happened on the dates in question.\n<\/strong>\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

‘In\nsummary, Dr Mamman is a professional person. He has been a doctor for\na substantial period of time. He is a member of the local community.\nHe has a wife and three children in this country. One of his children\nlives at home with him. Dr Mamman has lived at that same address for\n9 years. He is cooperating fully with this investigation as he wants\nto clear his name.’<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\nAt\nhis disciplinary hearing in 2005, the GMC was told Mamman who\nattended University College Ibadan, in Nigeria enrolled at the\nUniversity of London in September 1958 to study for a degree in\nmedicine under their ‘Scheme of Special Relation’ with university\ncolleges overseas. At the time he said his date of birth was\nSeptember 16 1936 and he graduated in April 1964.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\nWhen\nhe first applied for GMC registration he gave the same date of birth\nbut later altered it September 16 1941 and later October 16 1947.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\nHe\nworked at hospitals in Peterborough and Gillingham but regulators\nbegan investigating when he was appointed by Pennine Acute Hospitals\nNHS Trust as Trust Staff Grade Doctor in haematology. He gave\ncolleagues a Nigerian passport showing his date of birth as September\n16 1941 but with ‘manuscript amendments’ showing a birthdate from 16\nAugust 1941 to 16 October 1947.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\nHe\nalso produced a UK passport gave his date of birth as September 16\n1947 and even provided another legal document from his uncle showing\nhis date of birth as October 16 1947. Inquiries revealed he had also\ngiven October 16 1944 as his date of birth when he worked in\nPeterborough. At his disciplinary hearing Mamman claimed the\ninconsistencies in his birthdays were down to the fact there no\nsystem for the registration of births and deaths in Nigeria.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\nHe\nclaimed a ‘western cultural trait’ of treating dates of birth as\nimportant was ‘not part of his initial upbringing’ said said he had\nsince tried to establish the correct date. Dr Isyaka Mamman said the\nfirst recorded date of birth of September 16 1936 was one assigned to\nhim by the Nigerian authorities when he was student.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\nHe\nsaid his ‘official date of birth’ as decreed by the High Court of\nJustice in Nigeria was October 16 1947 which would made him just ten\nyears old when he enrolled at London University. He said documented\ndates of birth were as a result of human error on the part of the\npassport authorities in Nigeria and the UK and denied altering his\nage to improve his chances of getting a job in the UK.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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