Shema’u Sani Labaran, a pregnant lady from Kano, passed away in the Abdullahi Wase Specialist Hospital as a result of alleged medical neglect brought on by the current naira policy issue.
Malam Bello Fancy, the late woman’s husband, said that the delay in the transfer to the bank was to blame for her passing and that the physicians neglected his wife for more than three hours.
Recall how the government of Kano State threatened to shut down and revoke the licence of any commercial entity discovered to be accepting old naira notes in the state and issued warnings to marketers, supermarkets, and the general people.
Residents were informed that several organisations, notably hospitals that deal with emergencies and government-owned gas stations and retailers, have begun refusing the old notes.
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Speaking to Freedom Radio, Malam Fancy claimed that when his wife was ready to give birth, he accompanied her to the hospital, but that because there was no POS and the hospital refused his old naira notes, they requested him to put the money into their account instead.
The physicians on call reportedly didn’t touch his wife despite the fact that he deposited the money and got billed because they insisted on waiting until they could see the alert in their account, which took almost three hours.
“My wife walked into the hospital from our house, but before they received the alert, the pains had doubled and she was already bleeding. Still, they didn’t touch her until after three hours when they received the alert.
“After they admitted her, they discovered that she could not deliver by herself; that she must undergo an operation. I agreed and paid the money; still through transfer. It also delayed for an additional three hours before they received the alert and operated on my wife. Shockingly, the baby was brought out dead and the mother also died.”
Dr. Rahila Garba, the hospital’s chief medical officer, refuted the allegations, claiming it did not accurately describe the situation.
However, additional hospital patients corroborated the occurrence, claiming that they, too, had issues with medical bill payment, which caused delays in receiving care.
Malam Ibrahim Abdullahi, a spokesman for the state Hospital Management Board, said they got information about the incident and will launch an inquiry while speaking with City & Crime about it.
We don’t know the exact reason of the occurrence, we simply got the information, he stated. Therefore, we have started an investigation into the situation.
