A housewife, Mrs. Stella Adepegba, has accused the National Hospital, Abuja, of charging her for a medical procedure for which it had no equipment.

She added that the management of the hospital had refused to refund the N50,000 she paid for the aborted surgical operation.

Adepegba explained that she visited the hospital for a hysteroscopy procedure in May, 2015, and was asked to come for evaluation for two weeks during which she also did some laboratory tests.

She further said that after attending the medical evaluation for two weeks, she was scheduled for the operation on June 25, 2015, by one Dr. Idris.

She said, “On June 25, the day I was booked for the surgical operation, I paid the N50,000 fee and I was directed to the theatre where I waited for the doctors to commence the procedure.

“After some time, a technician who was passing by came to the theatre and asked me the procedure that I was booked for. After I told him, the man expressed surprise, saying the hysteroscopy machine had been bad for over two years and had yet to be repaired.”

According to her, the technician said another patient, who paid for the operation, had been visiting the hospital for the past two years.

“The technician said the woman had been coming to the hospital every month to check if the machine had been repaired,” she added.

Adepegba stated that she demanded a refund of her money, “but the hospital has been playing games with me.”

She explained that she was asked to write a letter for a refund, which she submitted on June 29 with the assurance that the money would be paid to her bank account within three weeks.
“Since I submitted the letter, the National Hospital, Abuja, has refused to refund the money. My husband even went to their finance department, and they said they could not find the letter again. He also made a Written complaint to the Chief Medical Director, but the money has not been refunded till date. This made me to conclude that the hospital has been scamming Nigerians by collecting money for medical procedures it lacked the capacity to do,” the mother of one said.

The woman said she had thought that the hospital would be the best in terms of facilities and services, but was disappointed at the lack of professionalism being displayed there.

When contacted, the hospital’s Corporate Communication Officer, Dr. Tayo Haastrup, said he was aware of the matter.

He said, “The finance department has been directed to fast-track the refund of Adepegba’s money.”

Cc:lalasticlala, Ishilove

Source: http://www.punchng.com/metro-plus/housewife-accuses-national-hospital-of-scam/

O ga ooooo , ao on earth will they ask someone to pay for what isn't working for over 2yrs? It is well

Even in Hospitals too?Buhari there is plenty of work to be done, and plenty of corrupt people to be sacked.

Interesting

Fraud

hmmmmn

OK. Nowaaaaaoooooo

If this is true then they messed up big time.

They must pay; 50 000 actual damages, 2 million punitive damages.

OK

I recommend that the CMD be questioned. I recommend that she takes legal action as well.

If hospital would want to scam are we safe again..

Fraud everwhere.


The heart of man is desperately wicked, not just wicked, but desperately.



This is somebody's life and health o, 50, 000k in the era of new govt and no cash flow. As in every where tight die.

Ok

scammin ur fellow country man....dats just heartless

all these yoruba doctors and nurse sef...make.them pay her.her money jor!

Too bad. Corruption everywhere

She can suit the Hospital to court and get here refund plus inconvenience compensations.

This goes to show the rot in our health system., where Govt work is no man's work.

I Believe Buhari will Fix this too.

Yahoo yahoo inside hospital , Lord have mercy

see title... housewife .....hmm

Did you call it accused She get proofs na

D corruption is everywhere u Go.... chaayi where would una presido start

Corruption everywhere.

This is wicked. Suspect they are sourcing for fund to replace the spoilt hysteroscopy machine. But exploiting people to do this?

very funny write up.i did my internship in national hospital abuja some years back,and i will say this problem can occur due to many reasons.
1.An house officer probably wrote this investigation for her(the rookie didnt know the test was unavailable in the hospital)
2.The cash point guy was stupid enough not to have checked the available tests(an updated list)
3.If you know how national hospital and their politics work enh,in fact ,you will know that patience is the key,everything has to go through paper work,ordinary refund,you must write letter,even medical report,that one might be 2 months.

SOLUTION;Be patient madam,and pray Buhari or the CMD restructures the system soon.
N.B;i doubt if anyone scammed you of 50k(a night of admission in the private wing was 40k,about 3 years ago).

Nigeria as an entity is a scam

Hahahahhaha, at comments here

mencade4:
all these yoruba doctors and nurse sef...make.them pay her.her money jor!

boss..av you taken your pills?