The rate at which people are denying God and things of the spirit these
days is quite worrisome. Have you even observed that the words "God" and
"Jesus" are now muted in movies on DSTV? It's that bad!
As you read this, a NHS psychiatrist in the United Kingdom, Dr Julius
Awakame, has been sacked after he advised a patient to get help from TB
Joshua's 24-hour church TV channel, Emmanuel TV because she might be
possessed by demonic 'forces'.
According to UK Daily Mail, Dr Julius recorded medical notes diagnosing
the woman as having a history of 'satanic ritual abuse' and said her
issues could not be addressed by regular treatment.
So the doctor told her to watch Emmanuel TV, adding: 'neither psychiatry
not psychology would be able to help because there are special forces
at play.'
The woman - known as Patient A - claimed Dr. Awakame also told her to
get 'holy water' before 'switching off' during the consultation at a
health centre in Harwich, Essex.
When community psychiatric nurse Martin Rowe later quizzed Awkame
whether she she was possessed, the medic replied: 'She may well be' and
claimed she had been thrown out of her local church due to her
condition.
His employment with the North Essex Partnership Foundation Trust was terminated the following month.
Today Dr. Awkame - who has since returned to his native Ghana - faced
being struck off after he was found guilty in his absence at a medical
tribunal of a number of misconduct charges.
The consultation took place on January 23 2014 when Awakame was treating the vulnerable woman as an outpatient.
The hearing, in Manchester, was told he was made aware she had a
'Dissociative Identity' - a personality disorder - and a 'history of
previous satanic ritual abuse' before making a record of it in his
notes.
But Awakame, formerly of Ipswich, then told Patient A she had been
'initiated through satanic ritual' and wrote down a website address for
her to access.
He told her the TV station was 'specifically targeted for people who experienced similar situations.'
And he said her problems 'could only be addressed by the church' before
he wrote down the name and suggested she write a book about her
experiences.
He also told Patient A he had watched the TV station and said there were 'many people who had similar problems' to her.
The patient further claimed Awakame told her to ask the church to send
her some 'nice holy water' to help with her problems. She later spoke to
Mr Rowe about the encounter and the nurse quizzed Awakame.
When the nurse told Awakame that Patient A thought she might be 'possessed' he replied: 'She may well be.'
The doctor also said he 'studied' the TV station 'for hours' and said
the woman's church had recognised she was possessed and had thrown her
out.
Speaking of her emotional state following the meeting, Patient A said:
'I had pretty much switched off after hearing Dr Awakame tell me that no
psychiatrist or psychologist could help me as throughout my childhood
my parents had told me that no one would believe me and no one would
help me'.
Awakame was reported to a consultant psychiatrist at the Trust by Mr Rowe the day after the consultation.
Following an investigation he was subsequently sacked and referred to the General Medical Council.
Awakame, who worked in various hospitals in the NHS from 1997 to 2014,
will be disciplined next month by the Medical Practitioners Tribunal
Service.
He is currently working as a lecturer in 'health informatics' in his home country where he graduated in medicine in 1993.
