Very Sad: UCH evicts the13-year girl who needs 250, 000 Naira for surgery over unpaid bills

Authorities of the University College Hospital (UCH), Ibadan, Oyo State, have sent home Taiwo Ogunkunle, a patient in need of surgery, for indebtedness to the hospital above the ceiling of allowable credit for a needy patient.

It would be recalled that the story of Taiwo, a JSS 3 student, who had been hospitalised since February this year in the hospital as a result of injury sustained after a fall on her way from school and which necessitated surgery, was published last week.

The 13-year-old student of Akintola Community High School, Adamasingba, Ibadan, had injured her left leg which had been diagnosed to require plastic surgery, at the cost of N250,000.

Taiwo had a slight fall, with a minor wound that she did not even report to her mother and it degenerated to a disease diagnosed as chronic osteomylitis at the UCH, and in the hospital card marked 1271700, as sighted by our reporter, she “is awaiting decortication and flap cover surgery”.

Her mother, Temitayo Ogunkunle, a weaver, of Abebi area of Adamasingba, disclosed that the UCH authorities had carried out their threat to eject her daughter due to the inability of the family to raise the required amount.

The 41-year-old mother of five, having given birth to twins twice, lamented that her daughter’s condition became worse on getting home as she fell down again, and the family now relies on good Samaritans to help them out.

Worried and dejected, she said it was difficult for her to give an estimate of what she and her husband, a carpenter, had committed to the care of the young girl, as she further appealed for assistance.

On account of last week’s publication, Temitayo told Saturday Independent that help had started coming in through donations to her Guaranty Trust Bank (GTBank) Account: Temitayo Alake Ogunkunle 0138547120

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