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Re: Pregnant Woman And Unborn Child Die After Hospital Allegedly Demands ₦500,000 by Mary911(f): 8:00pm On Apr 02, 2025
CodeTemplarr:
be talking like deranged spiritualist there. There should be health insurance for uncovered citizens in emergency.
We are fond of misusing the idea of intervention or emergency in Nigeria. They are for cases like these where the couple can't easily replace what is at stake - life.
Shabi nah the insurance make her die.

Don't behave like a Nigerian.
Even bail is free. We still pay.

When police arrest you. Don't pay. Say bail is free.

Wa sun tire.


Once it is life, be prepared
Re: Pregnant Woman And Unborn Child Die After Hospital Allegedly Demands ₦500,000 by Janid: 8:00pm On Apr 02, 2025
CodeTemplarr:
Name-checkers will first check the man's tribe and see if it can be used in any way to discourage voters from voting certain political party/candidate in the future. Just watch.
N500,000 is les than $320 dollar, so this is a sad death for a country where billions is used to stone devil in another continent and where schools are underfunded. That's like hajj pap n akara allowance for one malam in holy area abi na land.
Nigerians too, if a philanthropist steps up and start "showing" himself, they will frustrate such effort.
No one is talking about the real Nigerian issues. We are still busy with with who will govern the people
Re: Pregnant Woman And Unborn Child Die After Hospital Allegedly Demands ₦500,000 by Kobojunkie: 8:00pm On Apr 02, 2025
Naturalgbola:
see this baboon
Look who's talking! 😩😩😩😩
Re: Pregnant Woman And Unborn Child Die After Hospital Allegedly Demands ₦500,000 by Sheuns(m): 8:01pm On Apr 02, 2025
advanceDNA:
So sad......

Even Goverment hospital no send anybody papa let alone private...their motto is "you nor pay....U die sharpally"

.they see death everyday...they don't give a flying fvck..
Government hospitals in Lagos will try to stabilize the patient in the emergency ward first and ask the family member to go do documentation.
Re: Pregnant Woman And Unborn Child Die After Hospital Allegedly Demands ₦500,000 by triplechoice(m):
Kobojunkie:
This health insurance for unconverted citizens will fall from heaven for una, abi? Nonsense! 🤣🤣🤣
Re: Pregnant Woman And Unborn Child Die After Hospital Allegedly Demands ₦500,000 by RealityKings1: 8:01pm On Apr 02, 2025
Kobojunkie:
Pregnancy is a 9-month gig during which those who are intentional would have not only prepared themselves for that final emergency to come but also done all necessary to ensure they are prepared as far as the bill to come. undecided

This here is a sad story indeed, but I can't really fault the hospital for choosing to protect its bottom line either. undecided
500,000 is alot of money to raise within a 9 month time frame. Money isn't that easy to come by most especially if there are mouths to feed
Re: Pregnant Woman And Unborn Child Die After Hospital Allegedly Demands ₦500,000 by EmptyGarden(m): 8:01pm On Apr 02, 2025
As much as they would want to defend the commercial aspect of their business, their primary business should be saving lives. Human lives should mean something to them.
Re: Pregnant Woman And Unborn Child Die After Hospital Allegedly Demands ₦500,000 by triplechoice(m):
Kobojunkie:
This health insurance for unconverted citizens will fall from heaven for una, abi? Nonsense! 🤣🤣🤣
Re: Pregnant Woman And Unborn Child Die After Hospital Allegedly Demands ₦500,000 by Naturalgbola(m): 8:02pm On Apr 02, 2025
I'm a benevolent africana, better than bala Blu of you lots. sad
Kobojunkie:
Look who's talking! 😩😩😩😩
Re: Pregnant Woman And Unborn Child Die After Hospital Allegedly Demands ₦500,000 by triplechoice(m): 8:02pm On Apr 02, 2025
Kobojunkie:
This health insurance for unconverted citizens will fall from heaven for una, abi? Nonsense! 🤣🤣🤣
But you're depending on social welfare in the US .

Where's that money coming from ?
Re: Pregnant Woman And Unborn Child Die After Hospital Allegedly Demands ₦500,000 by Mary911(f): 8:02pm On Apr 02, 2025
RealityKings1:
500,000 is alot of money to raise within a 9 month time frame. Money isn't that easy to come by most especially if there are mouths to feed
If u are not prepared don't impregnate. Period
Re: Pregnant Woman And Unborn Child Die After Hospital Allegedly Demands ₦500,000 by RealityKings1: 8:03pm On Apr 02, 2025
triplechoice:
But you're getting social welfare support in the US .

Where's that money coming from
Is she in the US? Thought she's in Nigeria
Re: Pregnant Woman And Unborn Child Die After Hospital Allegedly Demands ₦500,000 by danvon(m): 8:04pm On Apr 02, 2025
Ordinary loan, Nigerians find it extremely difficult to pay back.

It is now hospital bill? So if he can't afford the bill what leverage would the hospital have?

Can they unborn the baby?
Re: Pregnant Woman And Unborn Child Die After Hospital Allegedly Demands ₦500,000 by RealityKings1: 8:04pm On Apr 02, 2025
Mary911:
If u are not prepared don't impregnate. Period
What do you mean by prepared?
If you have sexx, it ought to automatically become pregnancy except the man is impotent
Re: Pregnant Woman And Unborn Child Die After Hospital Allegedly Demands ₦500,000 by triplechoice(m): 8:05pm On Apr 02, 2025
RealityKings1:
Is she in the US?
Yes , she's and happily unemployed
Re: Pregnant Woman And Unborn Child Die After Hospital Allegedly Demands ₦500,000 by Mary911(f): 8:05pm On Apr 02, 2025
RealityKings1:
What do you mean by prepared?
If you have sexx, it ought to automatically become pregnancy except the man is impotent
There are protections. If you are right. We should be over 1billon in Nigeria
Re: Pregnant Woman And Unborn Child Die After Hospital Allegedly Demands ₦500,000 by Kobojunkie: 8:05pm On Apr 02, 2025
RealityKings1:
➜500,000 is alot of money to raise within a 9 month time frame. Money isn't that easy to come by most especially if there are mouths to feed
Why have a baby in the first place if you have no way of paying for it? Why go to a private hospital you cannot afford when you could maybe plan to get the service at a free clinic, assuming there are those in Nigeria? Couples have at least 9 months to plan where to have their baby and save up the much as they can afford to do so. So, why go to a place you cannot afford, expecting the private hospital to take a loss on your behalf? huh undecided
Re: Pregnant Woman And Unborn Child Die After Hospital Allegedly Demands ₦500,000 by JuanDeDios: 8:06pm On Apr 02, 2025
Chilipepper:
A heartbreaking tragedy has sparked outrage online after a Nigerian man shared the devastating story of how he lost his pregnant wife and unborn child due to alleged medical negligence and the demand for an upfront payment before treatment.In two emotional clips making rounds on social media, the grieving husband is seen cradling his lifeless wife while recounting the harrowing experience.
According to him, they rushed to a private hospital in urgent need of care, but were turned away because they couldn’t immediately pay a ₦500,000 deposit.

Despite his pleas for the hospital to begin treatment while he sourced for funds, they allegedly refused and referred them to a general hospital far away in Epe, Lagos.Sadly, his wife passed away before they could reach the second facility.“They watched her die,” the husband said tearfully. “I begged them, but they drove us out like they didn’t care. How can life be so cheap?”The incident has triggered widespread anger on social media, with many calling for urgent reforms in the healthcare system and stronger regulations on emergency care. Nigerians are demanding accountability and justice as they question how a medical institution could allegedly prioritize money over saving lives.
Nigeria is the most compassionless, the most soulless place under God's earth. It's God that saves us every day.
Re: Pregnant Woman And Unborn Child Die After Hospital Allegedly Demands ₦500,000 by FreeStuffsNG: 8:06pm On Apr 02, 2025
Sad. They should have transferred them to a government health facility
Re: Pregnant Woman And Unborn Child Die After Hospital Allegedly Demands ₦500,000 by JustAndy(m): 8:08pm On Apr 02, 2025
Chilipepper:
A heartbreaking tragedy has sparked outrage online after a Nigerian man shared the devastating story of how he lost his pregnant wife and unborn child due to alleged medical negligence and the demand for an upfront payment before treatment.In two emotional clips making rounds on social media, the grieving husband is seen cradling his lifeless wife while recounting the harrowing experience.
According to him, they rushed to a private hospital in urgent need of care, but were turned away because they couldn’t immediately pay a ₦500,000 deposit.

Despite his pleas for the hospital to begin treatment while he sourced for funds, they allegedly refused and referred them to a general hospital far away in Epe, Lagos.Sadly, his wife passed away before they could reach the second facility.“They watched her die,” the husband said tearfully. “I begged them, but they drove us out like they didn’t care. How can life be so cheap?”The incident has triggered widespread anger on social media, with many calling for urgent reforms in the healthcare system and stronger regulations on emergency care. Nigerians are demanding accountability and justice as they question how a medical institution could allegedly prioritize money over saving lives.
Onyeka Onwenu said in one of her song " that we struggle to stay alive ". The day you visit hospital make sure you have enough money because if not 😥.
I lost a friend at Gbagada General Hospital because of I don't care attitude from the nurses 😥😥😥.
Re: Pregnant Woman And Unborn Child Die After Hospital Allegedly Demands ₦500,000 by Kobojunkie: 8:08pm On Apr 02, 2025
RealityKings1:
➜What do you mean by prepared? If you have sexx, it ought to automatically become pregnancy except the man is impotent
Stop asking imbe-cilic questions for attention, abeg! 🙄🙄🙄🙄
Re: Pregnant Woman And Unborn Child Die After Hospital Allegedly Demands ₦500,000 by Brushstrokes20: 8:09pm On Apr 02, 2025
Daaaamn ...the shithole is such a terrible place!
Re: Pregnant Woman And Unborn Child Die After Hospital Allegedly Demands ₦500,000 by Kobojunkie: 8:10pm On Apr 02, 2025
JuanDeDios:
➜Nigeria is the most compassionless, the most soulless place under God's earth. It's God that saves us every day.
Did the man have compassion when he took his wife to a hospital, he knew he could not afford? All those workers whose jobs would have been impacted by his choice, what compassion did he have for them by his action? undecided
Re: Pregnant Woman And Unborn Child Die After Hospital Allegedly Demands ₦500,000 by PUNANI01: 8:10pm On Apr 02, 2025
The Zoo happened to you! Take heart man!
Re: Pregnant Woman And Unborn Child Die After Hospital Allegedly Demands ₦500,000 by JuanDeDios: 8:12pm On Apr 02, 2025
JovialJune:
A[b]lways plan and prepare ahead in case of eventualities, not when kasala burst will you start pointing fingers, they had a whole 9 months to prepare for the birth[/b], why blame a hospital that is protecting itself money-wise? For them to insist on payment first, that means they must have been scammed by patients who ran away without paying for treatments, so I do not blame them.

Rip.
500k is a lot to some people – they just don't have it. Most pregnancies pass without an event and he probably hoped for that. I agree it's not the hospital's fault. It's unfortunate.
Re: Pregnant Woman And Unborn Child Die After Hospital Allegedly Demands ₦500,000 by Kobojunkie: 8:12pm On Apr 02, 2025
PUNANI01:
The Zoo happened to you! Take heart man!
Happened to him? More like he tried to scam the zoo, and the zoo happened to him. He is not an innocent! undecided
Re: Pregnant Woman And Unborn Child Die After Hospital Allegedly Demands ₦500,000 by Chickensoup: 8:13pm On Apr 02, 2025
Tragic effects of hyper inflation. Sad to hear.
Re: Pregnant Woman And Unborn Child Die After Hospital Allegedly Demands ₦500,000 by lailo: 8:13pm On Apr 02, 2025
Anything done with camera on, I no dey believe cry
Re: Pregnant Woman And Unborn Child Die After Hospital Allegedly Demands ₦500,000 by ZombieDredd: 8:14pm On Apr 02, 2025
advanceDNA:
So sad......

Even Goverment hospital no send anybody papa let alone private...their motto is "you nor pay....U die sharpally"

.they see death everyday...they don't give a flying fvck..
Until it's their relation, they start running up and down
Re: Pregnant Woman And Unborn Child Die After Hospital Allegedly Demands ₦500,000 by Btruth: 8:14pm On Apr 02, 2025
Oh my God 😭
Re: Pregnant Woman And Unborn Child Die After Hospital Allegedly Demands ₦500,000 by JuanDeDios:
Kobojunkie:
Did the man have compassion when he took his wife to a hospital, he knew he could not afford? All those workers whose jobs would have been impacted by his choice, what compassion did he have for them by his action? undecided
He was just a regular guy who expected his wife's pregnancy to pass without a major event - like most pregnancies. Unfortunately, his fell among the minority. It's not the hospital's fault, but a working society should have system in place that ensures emergency cases like this are taken care of at public expense.
Re: Pregnant Woman And Unborn Child Die After Hospital Allegedly Demands ₦500,000 by boxypane: 8:14pm On Apr 02, 2025
Those medical miscreants needs to be sued!!!
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