I don't TB Joshua can survive this scandal that's been on since last year
A NHS psychiatrist in the UK Dr Julius Awakame,
50, 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 'special 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 instead he 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
Awakame also told her to get 'nice 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.
The doctor's employment with the North Essex
Partnership Foundation Trust was terminated the
following month.
Today 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
A NHS psychiatrist in the UK Dr Julius Awakame,
50, 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 'special 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 instead he 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
Awakame also told her to get 'nice 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.
The doctor's employment with the North Essex
Partnership Foundation Trust was terminated the
following month.
Today 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
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