SEVEN weeks after she delivered a set of triplets, a
housewife, Gloria Okore, has been detained by the management of a private
hospital in Lagos over her inability to settle outstanding medical bills of
N35,000 out of N120,000 incurred at the hospital.
Mrs Okore, who delivered two girls and a boy on May 10 in
Bessylva Hospital and Maternity Home, located at 60, Surulere Street,
Dopemu-Agege, Lagos State, has been begging for help to raise the balance and
cater for the children.
Vanguard learned that
the babies were delivered preterm (seven months), and one of the triplets, a
female, died two weeks ago as there was no incubator to use for the babies.
Gloria Okore told Vanguard that due to the hash economic situation in the
country, the family needed the goodwill of Nigerians to take care of the
babies.
When Vanguard visited
the hospital, the nursing mother, who was looking pale and unable to breastfeed
the babies, was using an unkempt ward inside the hospital with no medical
facilities. According to the 27-year-old Gloria, “I had the triplets through
normal delivery, but the babies were born prematurely. We were charged
N120,000. My husband hawks fairly-used clothes (okrika). It took him time to
raise N85,000, which he paid in installments. “I am from Owerri in Imo State,
while my husband is from Abia State. We got married three years ago. Before I
had these triplets, I had twins who died immediately after birth. When I was
pregnant for the triplets, I was very sick; I could not walk long distance
because my belly was very big. “I want government to help pay the balance of
the hospital bills and also help us with basic necessities for the babies.
Right now I cannot work because the babies are still young.” She gave their
bank account details as UBA: 2043213179 (Umeh Okore).
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