A pregnant Nigerian lady has died because doctors in Port Harcourt
insisted the husband must pay N20,000, less than $150, before she was
treated. And her family members are still in shock about her death,
such that they are not even thinking of burying her for now.
The
34 year old woman, Ijeoma Umumadumere, nee Ahamefule, (pictured above) was rushed in
the morning of 25 November to
Garrison Clinic in Port Harcourt, when she
complained of a sudden stomach pain and headache, while cooking. Her
husband rushed her to the clinic on Udom street in the oil rich city. It
was between 9-10 a.m. And she was five-months pregnant.
But
doctors and nurses would not attend to the pregnant woman because the
husband only had N5,000 on him, instead of the N20,000 being demanded,
as a precondition for treatment. Even the N5,000 the man had on him had
been used to offset registration and other costs.