A Middle-aged woman, Mrs Chioma Nwaemerum has pleaded for assistance from spirited individuals to enable her to pay her medical bill and reunite with her family.
Nwaemerum, a mother of five children, was admitted at the Christian the Saviour Hospital, 3-3 near Onitsha, Anambra state, where she was to put to bed.
It was gathered that the hospital had billed her the sum of N224,000 for cesarean operation following her inability to deliver through the normal process.
She was, however, allegedly abandoned by the husband due to his inability to pay the said sum of money.
Speaking with newsmen, Nwaemerum said the husband had left her to her fate in the hospital as a result of the whopping bills.
She, however, expressed appreciation to all who intervened to ensure a successful operation.
She said, “The medical director has been of immense assistance to me. He even operated me without deposit because, he knows we do not have money.”
“My husband could not afford such money and left us to our fate to solicit for help and people have since then been giving helping hands.”
“The parish Priest of St. Augustine Catholic Church, where we worship in Omeide 3-3, Father Benjamin Okonkwo, brought N75,000.”
“State chairman of Civil Liberties Organisation, Comrade Vincent Ezekwueme, did not only bring his personal and organisational money, but was the brain behind the financial help coming from spirited individuals.”
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“I urge the public to come to my help as I am still here in the hospital waiting for the bill to be completed before discharge”.
A source from the hospital said the husband hurriedly left the hospital shortly after he was informed of the amount for the operation to save the baby and his wife.
The source however regretted that the woman lost the baby due to delayed labour.
The source said, “Though the woman was eventually operated upon by the hospital without the deposit, the baby could not survive the prolonged labour.
“The husband who works as a mason, later sent N10,000 after some days, and another N12, 000, making it N22, 000 from his hideout.”
“It was not enough to take care of the woman’s feeding let alone paying the hospital bills, so, she is still kept at the hospital.”
Reacting, the CLO boss, Comrade Ezekwueme, thanked God for a successful operation, urging the woman to take heart over the death of her baby.
He appealed to the state government to establish maternity homes in all the 21 local government areas of the state to enable indigent pregnant women access free medical care.
He equally thanked the medical director for his understanding on the condition of his patient by operating her without waiting for deposit.
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