Patient flees Ogun hospital over unpaid medical bills
The Ogun State Police Command is on the trail of a patient of the Federal Medical Centre, Idi-Aba Abeokuta, in Ogun State, identified as Saba Elizabeth.
PUNCH Online gathered that the patient reportedly absconded on Saturday due to her inability to pay her medical bills after receiving treatment for an undisclosed ailment at the medical centre.
Our correspondent learnt that Elizabeth was admitted to the gynecology ward of the medical centre on November 11, 2023, and ought to have been discharged on November 16, 2023.
However, she could not leave the hospital due to her inability to fulfill her financial obligation to the medical centre.
Knowing that she could no longer meet up with her medical bills, she was said to have lied to staff members of the hospital that she wanted to buy food at a nearby store but never returned to the hospital.
Our correspondent further gathered that when all efforts to locate Elizabeth failed, the Chief Security Officer of the medical centre, Akpoji Joshua, reported the incident to the Kemta Police Division on Sunday.
Speaking with our correspondent on Tuesday, the state Police Public Relations Officer, Omolola Odutola, said the police in Kemta Division were helping the hospital locate the patient.
“We are investigating to unravel her whereabouts through her family members,” she simply stated.
It is not good for her to run away from the hospital without paying her bills but then dialogue would have been a better option for he that fight and run away will surely come back to fight again .
She most have done that due to exsubetent bill . Hospital can have you a bill that can put you in dept for the rest of your life , and the more you stay, the more increase the bill will be.
Haha
Interesting
May God help us
Jesus
They should be patient with him. Maybe he doesn’t have money for bills
Very bad attitude, she shouldn’t have ran away, God will always provide an helper, she paid evil for good. God almighty my revenge in her