Indebtedness: 21 days after, UBTH releases mother, newborn
University of Benin Teaching Hospital
The management of University of Benin Teaching Hospital (UBTH) in Benin City, Edo State, has released the wife and baby girl of Umoru Abdulahi, who could not the pay the balance after a Caesarean Section (CS) 21 days after.
The youthful father yesterday said he had paid N200,000, with the CS taking place on March 20, but the medical bills suddenly rose to N530,000.
The distraught Abdulahi, a father of one, an indigene of Agenebode in Etsako East Local Government Area of the state, expressed joy over the release of his wife, Happiness, and baby, after heis cried for assistance was heard by some Nigerians.
He said he had paid a deposit of N50,000 before his wife’s admission, and N150,000, after she was delivered of the baby, bringing the total amount paid to N200,000, out of N380,000 charged.
The father stated that after the CS, his wife and baby were discharged on March 27, but he could not raise the balance, and while he was seeking help to offset the bill, the sum jumped to N150,000 as the figure was added by UBTH’s management.
