A Nigerian pregnant woman identified as Kemi has reportedly died after a private hospital rejected her in a very critical state.
In a video seen trending on social media, Kemi, a mother of two who was visibly pregnant with her third child, was in a critical state as her husband held her and gave her moral support on their way to the hospital.
The hospital reportedly insisted that the man must raise the money before his pregnant wife would be attended to.
Due to his inability to pay the money, his wife died, leaving him alone with their other children, who are still young.
“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 didn’t care,” her husband wrote on social media.
ENigeria News collected some videos of the deceased.
Some reactions from netizens read:“This pregnant woman’s de£th hurts to the bone. No mother deserves to go through this The pain was so much, but she never gave up, She was strong, she was strong enough. Even though she was tired, she held on till her lasst breath watching those videos on her husbands page really shoke me up According to her husband, the hospital that would’ve helped the mom and the baby rejected them because they couldn’t afford the 500k hospital bill watch the videosThe hospital told them they need to pay 500k first before she would be admitted.”
“You are all blaming the hospital! Pause and think, do you as a citizen of an oil producing country deserve a free Medicaid? Are all these patients good people themselves ? ( so have absconded with hospital bills) While you are here blaming the hospital or countering this…”
Her children described the mother of two as a kind mother, caring and nice…
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