Tragedy As Pregnant Woman Allegedly Dies After Hospital Rejects Treatment over N500,000 Deposit

Tragedy As Pregnant Woman Allegedly Dies After Hospital Rejects Treatment over N500,000 Deposit

  • A pregnant woman, identified as Kemi, tragically lost her life after a private hospital allegedly refused her treatment due to her husband's inability to deposit N500,000 for treatment
  • Her husband, Akinbobola Folajimi, shared a heartbreaking video on social media capturing her final moments and detailing their ordeal
  • As usual, Nigerians on social media reacted differently and called for an investigation into the hospital's actions

Legit.ng journalist Esther Odili has over two years of experience covering political parties and movements.

A pregnant woman identified simply as Kemi has reportedly died after being denied medical treatment at a private hospital due to her husband’s inability to pay a N500,000 deposit.

Husband reacts after wife dies due to alleged medical neglect
Husband reacts as wife dies during labour after hospital rejects treatment over N500,000 deposit. Photo credit: Legit.ng
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The husband, identified as Akinbobola Folajimi, announced this in a post shared on social media, accompanied by a video, showing his wife’s final moments.

As reported by The Nation, Folajimi disclosed that they were turned away from the private hospital and referred to a General hospital in Epe but Kemi didn’t survive the journey.

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This heartbreaking incident has sparked widespread outrage on social media, with many calling for an investigation into the hospital’s alleged refusal to provide urgent care.

Husband shares heartbreaking story

Nigerians react after woman dies due to hospital's demand
Nigerians demand answers from authorities as hospital allegedly refuse to treat pregnant woman over unpaid N500,000 deposit. Image for illustration purposes. Photo credit: Nigeria Police Force
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In his post Folajimi wrote:

“Private hospitals in Nigeria. The doctor told me to deposit 500k and I begged him to start doing whatever is needed to save my wife, we needed emergency support while I run around for the money but they drove us out like they don’t care.
“Unfortunately blindly rejected us and asked me to take her to General Hospital at Epe, even the doctor knows that Epe from Lakwe is way too far for such her condition. Before we rushed her to Epe, she was gone
“How???? such a wicked institution, well only jah knows and sees all. this is just too much for me.”

As of the time of filing this report, authorities were yet to respond to the situation.

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Meanwhile, Legit.ng earlier reported that a pregnant lady died because her husband did not allow doctors to perform a cesarean section on her on time.

Doctors told the woman that delivering her baby by pushing it out herself would be a near impossibility.

She told the doctors that she would let her husband know, but the man rejected cesarean section, saying he had a covenant with God.

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Esther Odili (Politics and Current Affairs Editor) Esther Odili is a journalist and a Politics/Current Affairs Editor at Legit.ng with 6+ years of experience. She Holds OND and HND in Mass Communication from the Nigerian Institue of Journalism (NIJ), where she was recognized as the best student in print journalism in 2018. Before joining Legit.ng, Esther has worked with other reputable media houses, such as the New Telegraph newspaper and Galaxy Television. In 2024, Esther obtained a certificate in advanced digital reporting from the Google News Initiative. Email: esther.odili@corp.legit.ng.

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