Confusion as Ibadan hospital officials drop patient in front of her husband’s shop

There was confusion at Desalu Street, Odo-Ona, in Ibadan South-West Local Govt Area of Oyo State when officials of an undisclosed hospital dropped a sick woman identified as Blessing Ayeni in front of her husband’s shop.

According to the Nigerian Tribune, the incident happened on Friday afternoon, January 19, 2024.

An eyewitness, Remilekun Tawose, said the officials claimed that Blessing had been abandoned at the hospital since last year.

For this reason, the hospital was left with no option other than to bring her to the known address of her husband, which is his shop where he sells alcoholic drinks.

It was further gathered that representatives of the hospital told some residents that they had on a series of occasions visited the husband to come take responsibility for the medical bills of his sick wife without any positive response from him.

The hospital representatives, according to Tawose, also claimed that the immediate family members of Blessing initially showed up at the hospital but later stopped for reasons unknown to the hospital authority.

As of the time the publication got to where the sick woman was dropped, she was still lying on the floor, looking frail under the scorching sun, while residents watched helplessly.

“The reason we don’t know what to do at the moment is that officials of the hospital told us that we should not move closer to the sick woman because the ailment she is suffering from is contagious,” Tawose added.

Efforts to locate Blessing’s husband to get his side of the story proved abortive, as he was nowhere to be found, just as his shop was under lock.