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The wife of the Ekiti State Governor, Bisi Fayemi, on Sunday picked the medical bills of a nursing mother, Mrs Sade Ojo, who had been stranded at the Ekiti State University Teaching Hospital, Ado Ekiti, since August 31, following her inability to pay the bill after being delivered of a set of twins.
The governor’s wife, who read about the woman in the social media on Sunday, dispatched an official, Mr Dauda Lawal, to the hospital to verify the claim and rescue the woman and her surviving baby.
The woman was admitted in the EKSUTH on August 30 and lost one of her twin babies during labour, while the second was referred to the Intensive Care Unit of the hospital.
She was discharged on August 31, but her bill rose to N80,750 following complications.
The nursing mother, who said she was tired of sleeping in the hospital after being discharged, had appealed to the governor’s wife; the Commissioner for Health, Dr Mojisola Yaya-Kolade; and well-meaning Ekiti indigenes to come to her aid.
Lawal said, “Around 8pm today (Sunday), the governor’s wife, Erelu Bisi Fayemi, called me that she read about one Mrs Ojo in the social media, who was delivered of a set of twins at the EKSUTH since August 31 but could not go home because her husband could not pick the N80,750 bill.
“Erelu directed me to the hospital to find out the true situation of things and that if found to be true, she would be ready to settle the bill and that the woman and her surviving baby must not sleep in the hospital that night.
“I came to the hospital and I met Mrs Ojo, her mother and husband, who were worried about the ugly development without any solution. I promptly introduced myself and delivered Erelu’s message to them. Praises of joy immediately rented the ward.
“We approached the nurses on duty and actions were expedited to discharge Mrs Ojo and her baby. I am happy to tell all that the woman and her baby have been let go courtesy of Erelu Bisi Fayemi.
“I personally drove the family down to their home around 9.30pm and they were full of praises to God Almighty and offered prayers for Erelu Bisi Fayemi.”
The nursing mother and her husband appreciated the governor’s wife for her prompt intervention.
The Head of Corporate Affairs, EKSUTH, Mrs Rolake Adewumi, said the hospital witnesses situations like that from time to time because it had to discharge its responsibilities of saving lives first.
Adewumi stated, “The hospital’s management, on being notified, had already arranged for relief measures for the woman, which would have been perfected on Monday so that she could go home.
“When we have cases of genuine indigent patients, who cannot afford their medical bills, such patients are referred to the social services department, where the details and debts will be recorded so that such will be included for philanthropists, who may come later to offset bills of indigent patients.”
