The BBC has reported that four healthcare workers have been jailed after they were caught on camera physically and emotionally abusing an 89-year-old patient.
Ame Tunkara and Morounranti Adefila were found guilty of ill-treatment and deliberate neglect and were sentenced on December 8 to four months in prison. Also, Danny Ohen and Bridget Aideyan were found guilty of the same offences and were sentenced to six months and four months, respectively, on November 14.
The police disclosed that the health workers were caught on camera manhandling the 89-year-old woman who had vascular dementia and could not talk.
In February 2020, the octogenerian’s family ecretly installed a camera and recorded footage over four days after discovering bruising on her arm.
The video showed the woman being rough handled, hit with a pillow, and treated with a lack of dignity and respect.
Sadly, the woman died in October with a police official saying “she should not have spent any of her remaining years suffering such ill-treatment.”
