Doctor arrested in hospital faces deportation

A SENIOR doctor in a Limerick hospital was in prison last night awaiting deportation to Nigeria.

Dr Anthony Osagie was arrested at St John’s Hospital in Limerick last Friday while watching a surgical procedure. He was working as a senior house officer (SHO) and at the time he was dressed in hospital scrubs witnessing the surgical procedure.

According to a hospital source, he got a message from hospital administration that gardaí wished to speak to him. He was arrested and brought to Limerick prison on foot of a deportation order issued by the Department of Justice.