Thursday, March 28, 2024

Corpse of 12 Year Old Detained over N400,000 Hospital Debt

The corpse of Glory Ekeleyede, the 12-year-old daughter of Mr Samson, who died at the University of Benin Teaching Hospital, UBTH, has been detained over the inability of her family to pay a 400,000 naira hospital bill for her treatment.

The grieving father of the deceased said after his daughter died, the UBTH management held on to the corpse over the inability of the family to offset Glory’s outstanding medical bill to the tune of N400,000. He called for help to recover her corpse.

The 66-year-old said he had been doing menial jobs to feed his family and the attempts to save his daughter’s life made the family incur many debts.

He further explained that Glory hardly fell sick but the only time she took ill was the one that led to her death. He said he thought she had a fever but when she wasn’t better after three days, he took her to the Supreme Hospital where she was born and was later referred to the University of Benin Teaching Hospital.

It was gathered that at the University of Benin Teaching Hospital, many tests were conducted and a lot of drugs were bought but she eventually died.

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The family is expected to pay an outstanding bill of N393,910 before her corpse will be released to the family.

The father of the deceased appealed to the Edo State government, non-governmental organisations, and public-spirited individuals to come to their aid in a bid to secure the release of his daughter’s corpse to fulfil her burial rites.

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