Family in dilemma after triplets’ birth, unableto pay hospital bill

Aww, feel bad reading this story. A woman
who just gave birth to triplets is being held at
the hospital over her family's inability for
N150k bill. Sun News reports below...
A couple with five children was recently
blessed with a set of triplets. The couple, now
with eight kids – five boys and three girls –
never envisaged going that far in child
bearing. But since circumstance had made it
so, Mr. & Mrs. Ifeani Benjamin Amadu, from
Ukpo in Dunukofia Local Government Area of
Anambra State, have no option but to accept
their fate.Mrs. Amadu told our correspondent
that three months into her pregnancy, she
had gone for scan only to be told that she
was carrying three babies in her womb, a
revelation that threw her into fright.
Soon after she was delivered of the babies at
Ajeromi General Hospital, Ajegunle, Lagos, on
Saturday, October 27, 2014, the woman and
her husband found themselves in a tight
corner. They had no money to offset their
hospital bills, which stood at N150, 000.
Mrs. Amadu, while narrating her experiences
during and after her pregnancy, pointed out
that it was a serious battle. “The pregnancy
was not business as usual,” she began. “At a
point, my whole body became too heavy that
I could not do even very common things. I
could neither sleep well nor walk freely. Also,
bending and bathing were tough for me. In
fact, it was as if I was carrying excess load.”
She told Daily Sun, however, that all the
problems disappeared immediately after she
was delivered of the babies. People kept
trooping to the hospital to see the bundles of
joy. It was discovered that the triplets were
the first to be delivered in the hospital this
year.
Though she had a safe delivery and her
triplets were in sound health, paying her
hospital bills and taking care of the triplets
have become a daunting task. Following
failure of the couple to foot their hospital bill
more than two weeks after delivery, the
triplets and their mother could not be
discharged.
Unfortunately, Mrs. Amadu, a National
Certificate of Education (NCE) holder and a
teacher in a private school earns a very lean
salary. Her income and that of her husband
are nowhere enough for them to cater for the
delivery. “I could not save enough for this
delivery because my salary is poor,” she said.
“I tried to get a job in a public school as a
teacher, but none came my way. So I decided
to manage with the one that I have right
now. My husband too planned as much as he
could for the task ahead, but we never knew
that things would work out this way.
Unfortunately, earlier before my delivery,
robbers visited us and carted away some
money that my husband had planned to
invest in a little business. So, that is why we
have found ourselves in this tensed
situation.”
Mrs. Amadu wants financial support from
men and women of goodwill who she believes
would have a share in the special blessings
being brought by the triplets. “At the
moment, we cannot pay the hospital bill due
to our severe financial constraints. We are
therefore calling on men and women of
goodwill like Governors Wille Obiano, Rochas
Okorocha, Babatunde Raji Fashola, corporate
bodies and other groups and individuals to
come to our aid so that we can leave the
hospital. I am tired of staying here; I want to
go home with my babies,” she said.
Her husband, Mr. Ifeani Amadu, also
expressed his feelings. “We have been
married for 14 years, and since that time, my
wife has been fruitful. In fact, we had closed
child bearing after four children. But the
pregnancies continued to come. After having
five children, we never planned having
another, yet the sixth came. As a child of
God, I have been feeling so bad to encourage
abortion or family planning. But now, we
have been forced to do it.”
He believed that the triplets would serve as a
point of contact for others. He described the
situation, as a serious one and called on
Nigerians to come to the rescue of his family.
“I have been thinking about how to get out of
this situation. My wife and the triplets have
spent close to three weeks in the hospital
because I have no money to pay their bill. I
am appealing to those who are touched by
what my family is going through to assist us
financially so that we could pay the hospital
bill and cater for the babies too.
Any financial assistance should be made to
Mr. Ifeani Benjamin Amadu, UBA Account
number 2032569487. The family can be
reached on 07033284662 and 09035639764.
Source: Sunnewsonline..