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70 Years-Old Father Weeps As Hospital Denies Him Access To Daughter’s Corpse For Four Months


A Seventy-Six-Year-Old Man, Mr Agwu Okorie Sampson has alleged that he has been denied access to the corpse of his daughter, Chidinma Okorie Sampson who he claimed died on March 10, 2024.

The aged man, who spoke to Journalists in tears at Azikiwe road in Umuahia on Thursday, alleged that the management of the Mother Mary Mission Hospital in Umuahia has not allowed him to see the condition of his daughter’s corpse because of his inability to complete the medical bills given to him by the hospital.

According to him, his late 23-year-old daughter, Chidinma was itted for medical treatment in February which included a prescribed 20-day Chemotherapy session.

He explained that his daughter, who was a hair stylist, died on March 10, 2024, the 19th day of the prescribed Chemotherapy session she was undergoing.

He added that out of about 1.5 million naira medical bills given to him to pay, his family was only able to pay about 800,000 while sourcing for other means to pay the remaining part to enable him take his daughter’s corpse for burial.

Mr Sampson who said that the management of the hospital has promised to slash about N250,00 from the remaining medical bill, appealed to the Abia State government and concerned individuals to intervene on his behalf and prevail on the hospital to allow him see his daughter’s body in mortuary while sourcing for the money to pay for the remaining bill.

He cried out that he may soon die of frustration and heartbreak.

“I want to see my daughter’s corpse. Let them allow me access to her corpse because I may soon die of heartbreak and frustration.

”Let them allow me to at least see her while I am looking for means to gather the remaining money to pay the bills”, he cried.

Responding to the allegations, the management of the hospital which spoke through Temple Onuoha, said the bereaved father is owing them some money.

“Yes, he owes us some money. He is owing us”, Mr Temple Onuoha simply told DAILY POST on Thursday.

But when asked to comment on the allegations that the hospital is denying the Sampson family access to their daughter’s corpse, he declined to respond, promising to speak the next day.

Further messages and phone calls put across to him on Friday to speak on the claims by the father of the deceased, were not returned or responded to.

Source: https://dailypost.ng/2024/09/06/70-years-old-father-weeps-as-hospital-denies-him-access-to-daughters-corpse-for-four-months/

Only Almighty God will help this 70years Man

Sad 💔

50StarGeneral:
Sad 💔

My Brother, E No Good For Ear

Nigerians hospital are rubbish to believe we have the most number of doctors in the world you would feel our medical system would be better. First of it even be negligence on their part that lead to her death.

Just to see the body, not even to carry it. The hospital management are just callous.

May the Lord comfort you

Nigeria fit make person craze. A white woman spent a week in Nigeria and she said naija was the next thing to hellfire

Hardship is allover and not in SW or north alone. Let's stop politicising sensitive issues and hold our leaders responsible collectively. In a country that goes to stone spirit with billions, denying a man the corpse of his daughter shouldnt be in the news.

Chai 😭

This is the height of wickedness and madness! Maybe the hospital wants to sell the corpse to recover their money.

Why can't they show him the body of her daughter, All is well even in the well.

Mention one sector that is working in Nigeria...just 1

Sad. He should be allowed to view her body.

Heart breaking

Too bad
The Tinubulation.com
I have to be very objective
It ain't easy for Nigerian hospitals
I hope a Good Samaritan will offset the bills so that the man will give his daughter her last respects
I feel his pain
Chai

Imagine? The head of that hospital should be arrest and must produce the corpse likely they sold it or multilated it for ritual.

Our Mary Hospital or whatever you are called that lady corpse must be provided orelse we will loud it beyond you believe and your hospital image will die a natura death and gone.

Solsix:
Just to see the body, not even to carry it. The hospital management are just callous.

Its business not callousness. They are even good people to agree to treat the daughter without complete payment like some others. Hope when you have have a business you can service customers without any payment and still stay in business.

I hope hope kind hearted individuals with the means reachout to him and help him offset the bills. This is where I give twitter people credit, they will always turn up in cases like this. Cancer is a bastard sha, may the deceased rest in peace.

Verydarkhearted:
Nigerians hospital are rubbish to believe we have the most number of doctors in the world you would feel our medical system would be better. First of it even be negligence on their part that lead to her death.

That's what your verydarkheart can come up with?

Wish I could help. If u know how pls drop here.

Better than donating to bobrisky

Strafudeen:


That's what your verydarkheart can come up with?

Why are u answering him/her.

The article talked about chemotherapy so leave the guy/woman.
It's just negative bias against Nigerian health services as if we don't have a government

Pele Paapa

Nigeria happen to you

God will come thru for u Sir

May her soul RIP

It is well Sir

Take heart sir.

honour7:


Its business not callousness. They are even good people to agree to treat the daughter without complete payment like some others. Hope when you have have a business you can service customers without any payment and still stay in business.

Doing business does not mean one should have a heart of stone, the man is mourning the loss already, what does it change for the management if the man sees her?

Presently I am suspecting foul play, because it looks like they are hiding something, there is no where in the world you can justify what the hospital is doing, they told you your daughter is dead and you say as her father you just want to see and confirm and they tell you you cannot confirm till you bring money...

It is very suspicious, did they do something to her that they are hiding?

There is nothing here to justify, he is not stealing the body, besides he has paid over half which means he is not running away from the responsibility...

May her soul rest in peace and may help locate the man quickly...

She don go hell fire before to know that?...make she go Chad or Somalia first na... mtchewwww una go juz dey mistake hospital for charity organisations.. dem no get bills to pay abi

stunnert:
Nigeria fit make person craze. A white woman spent a week in Nigeria and she said naija was the next thing to hellfire

Verydarkhearted:
Nigerians hospital are rubbish to believe we have the most number of doctors in the world you would feel our medical system would be better. First of it even be negligence on their part that lead to her death.

Remove the nonsense emotions
Hospitals are established for business purposes as well.
The workers in the hospital have bills to settle as well.

Verydarkhearted:
Nigerians hospital are rubbish to believe we have the most number of doctors in the world you would feel our medical system would be better. First of it even be negligence on their part that lead to her death.

20 day chemo indicates she most likely had severe cancer which had spread.
Probably why she died.

FuckSilly:



Remove the nonsense emotions
Hospitals are established for business purposes as well.
The workers in the hospital have bills to settle as well.

Unfortunately true.

I once worked for a man who had a hospital in a rural area. The hospital was struggling atimes because people would not pay their bills, even after promising to do so. Meanwhile he had workers to pay, a family to feed, and materials for day to day use to buy.

E no easy run hospital in NIgeria. That is why some of them are very wicked when it comes to bills. If they are not wicked, they will shut down...like one man I knew of who after trying to run a clinic in his hometown for a year or two, closed it down and jakpad. It was too costly to run. And that was back in 2008.