Tag: Austria

Nigerian Ambassador to Austria loses father

Abdul-Azeez Ahmed Kadir
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Alhaji Dauda Umar, the father of Alhaji Suleiman Umar, Nigerian Ambassador to Austria, has died at the age of 83, after a brief illness. Until his death, the late Umar was a seasoned Accountant and Administrator, who worked in various local government councils of Kaduna State. Malam Ahmed Bamalli, the Emir of Zazzau, led his council members, District Heads and hundreds of sympathisers for the funeral prayer of the deceased in Zaria on Tuesday. The remain of the ambassadors father was laid to rest at the Amaru Muslim burial ground…

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Doctor fined for amputating wrong leg of patient

Aminu Imam

A surgeon in Austria has been fined after amputating the wrong leg of a patient earlier this year, AFP news agency reports. The elderly patient’s right leg was removed instead of his left, with the mistake only discovered two days later. On Wednesday, the court in Linz found the 43-year-old guilty of gross negligence and fined her 2,700 (2,296), equivalent to N1,254,555. The widow of the patient, who died before the case came to court, was also awarded 5,000 in damages. The patient attended the clinic in Freistadt last May…

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