Says The Patient Who Died From His Surgery “Was Stable” The Whole Night
By Garmah Never Lomo, garmahlomo@gmail.com
TEMPLE OF JUSTICE, Monrovia- While on the cross-examination, defendant Sam S. Worlubah Defendant Worlubah has admitted that he’s not a medical doctor neither a surgeon.
But testifying on his own behalf, he said he is rather licensed as an operating technician to assist medical doctors during surgery.
He also told the Criminal Court that he’s the administrator of the Lofa Medical clinic located in Jacob Town, Paynesville.
The defendant through his lawyers, mainly from the public defense office, on Thursday, August 14, 2025 requested for jury trial in the Criminal Court ‘B’ presided over by assigned Judge Wesseh A. Wesseh. Fake Doctor From A Liberian Clinic Pleads Not Guilty In Criminal Court – News Public Trust
During the cross-examination, Wolobah was asked:
Mr. Witness, you informed this Honorable Court that you worked at the Lofa Medical Center as an administrator. I am correct to say you are not a Medical Doctor? Ans. Yes.
Question: Mr. Witness, am I also correct to say that you are not a Surgeon?Ans. Yes.
The defendant was further quizzed by prosecutor lawyer Mr. Witness, you informed this Court and the jury that you at one point in time conducted a C-Session on Mary Kollie, the State second witness, am I correct?
Ans. Yes.
Question: Mr. Witness, am also correct to say that your facility, the Lofa Medical Center is not authorized by law to carry out surgery? Ans. Yes
According to defendant Worlubah, Based on his experience in such a case that if a food is giving to an opposed operation patient in this case of appendices the person will definitely die from heart failure but prosecution give notified the court that it will produce a rebuttal witness based on the defendant’s answer.
COURT’S QUESTION
Ques. Mr. Witness, did I hear you say that you are trained to assist the Medical Doctor in the operational Theater, am I correct?
Ans. Yes.
Ques. Mr. Witness, by that answer, please tells this Court and the Jury what is your speciality?
Ans. Based on my practical experience I limited my surgical to Odd-ion, C-session and appendices.
Ques. Mr. Witness, so then are you licensed to perform those operations?
Ans. No.
Ques. Mr. Witness, by that answer, are you licensed by the Liberia Medical and Dental Council?
Ans. Yes.
Ques. Mr. Witness, by that answer, you were license by the Liberia Medical and Dental Council in which capacity?
Ans. I was license as surgical technician.
Ques. Mr. Witness, as the result of that you told this court and the jury that you learned how to perform a surgical proceedings, am I correct?
Ans. Yes.
In his testimony on the direct, defendant Worlubah testified on the 17th Day of March 2025, he received a called from Mary Kollie, sister to Samuel Kollie of whom he did a C-Session on, one of my old patient. She informed me that her brother stomach was hurting for one week which was followed with vomiting and he told told her to take Samuel Kollie to the Clinic on the next day.
According to defendant Wolobah, early that morning March 18,2025, he and staffs along with the patient went through the assessment and he was diagnosed of Appendices, and he then informed his sister Mary Kollie that her brother need surgery and the amount that they concluded on was USD225.00, Two Hundred Twenty Five United States Dollars.
He further testified that, he conducted a laboratory test and he notice that the patient/ deceased was also diagnosed of hypothesis “B”, and “A” consent form was signed by sister of the deceased which led to the conduct of the surgery. Samuel Kollie was relief of the pain. He was stable and at some point in time the nurses told him that he should use the bed pan but he said no he is able to use the bathroom, Samuel P. Kollie was stable the whole night.
Defendant Worlubah told court that after the conduct of the surgery, the next day he called Moses Kollie brother to the deceased who wasn’t there when the laboratory tests were done but he informed the deceased brother that he was again diagnosed of Hypothesis “B” and when he returned back to the ward Moses came back to he (defendant Worlubah) that his brother had died.
He stated that following the death of his patient (Samuel Kollie) he began to investigate what led to his death and the nurses told me that somebody brought food and gave it to him to eat which is against medical advice because deceased wasn’t allowed to eat within 48hrs. “We have a policy at the Clinic that whenever the patient is on the ward any relative or anyone bringing food for that patient must taste the food in front of the nurses before the patient can eat but that policy was not observed.“ However, they took the patient at the funeral home.
Defendant Worlubah said, few days later, he received a call from the Liberia Medical and Dental Council together with the Police they came his health facility (Lofa Medical Clinic) and shut it down.
“I was taken to the Liberia National Police Headquarter for one week and after their investigation at the Police Headquarter they charged me with Manslaughter and from there I was sent to the Paynesville Magisterial Court. The Paynesville Magisterial Court issued a Writ on me with the charged of Manslaughter. The next day the case was transferred to the Criminal Court “A”.
He added that, after few months, I came to Criminal Court “A” but the indictment carried Murder so that is what we are here for. According to defendant Worlubah, After the death of the deceased, he issued a death certificate that he died from heart failure.