A Nigerian-British nurse who let a three-and-a-half week baby bleed to death after carrying out a circumcision using just scissors, forceps and olive oil has been banned from practising in the UK, according to a report in Daily Mail.

Grace Adeleye, 67, performed the dangerous African treatment known as a ‘clamp and cut’ on Goodluck Caubergs for a fee of £100 at the baby’s home in Chadderton, Greater Manchester, the paper reported.

“A Nursing and Midwifery Council panel heard that Adeleye carried out the circumcision at around 5pm on April 16 2010 and that Goodluck was still bleeding at 7am the following morning,” Daily Mail reported.

“Adeleye had reassured the baby’s parents, whom she had been put in touch with by a mutual friend, that the bleeding was slowing,” it further said, adding:

“But Goodluck was eventually taken to the Royal Oldham Hospital later that morning where he died shortly after arrival.

“A post mortem later found he died from blood loss.

Sitting in London today, the panel ruled that Adeleye, who was found guilty of manslaughter at Manchester Crown Court on February 9, should never work as a nurse in this country again.

“NMC panel chair, Karen Heenan, said: ‘Ms Adeleye’s actions resulted in the death of a three and a half week old baby.

“ ‘She has provided the panel with no evidence of insight or remediation and as such the panel cannot be confident that there would not be a repetition of her actions.

“ ‘The panel therefore decided that a Striking-Off Order was the only sanction which was sufficient to protect the public.’

“Many of the parents whose babies Adeleye treated were unaware that the simple procedure is available on the NHS.

“Adeleye, who did not attend her central London hearing, was struck off with immediate effect.

“Most circumcisions in the UK are done for religious reasons but currently no formal qualifications are required to perform the operation.”

•Photo shows Grace Adeleye.

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