A Nigerian lady has shared on the microblogging platform X, one of the humiliating things she experienced at the hands of a male dental surgeon.
She revealed that the surgeon had told her that if it was a penis she would open her mouth widely when she struggled to open it during the surgery.
Adding that the comment from the Medical personnel made her cry, but they thought she was crying because of the pain she felt.
Her tweet read;
“I had dental surgery at LUTH, while the surgery was going on, the surgeon constantly made lewd comments about my inability to open my mouth wide enough. He said if “it’s preek now u’ll open properly” in the presence of medical students. I just wept. They thought it was from pain.”
While some internet users tried to console the tweep, others disclosed that male medical personnel often treat their female patients this way.
Below are some of the comments;
@MR_ivri: If this was my sister, On God, that medical Doctor would regret ever saying this statement… I Promise and So Help Me God
@Sarah_bloo: I don’t know who is worse out of staff that are being paid by the government or medical staff in government hospitals
@DrMel_: . I don’t even know how to feel Someone who is supposed to be your source of help and reassurance in such times is now the one sexually assaulting you. How do you even let these words leave your brain and then your mouth as a health care provider??
@kaladze: Nothing concern a medical practitioner working in Nigeria with professionalism
