A pregnant woman identified as Shema’u Sani Labaran, has d!ed in the Abdullahi Wase Specialist Hospital in Nassarawa Local Government Area of Kano State over alleged negligence from doctors as a result of the new naira policy crisis.
According to report, the woman’s husband, Malam Bello Fancy, said the doctors didn’t attend to his wife for more than three hours due to delay in transfer made to the bank.
Recall that the Kano State Government warned marketers, supermarkets and the public against rejecting old naira notes in the state, saying it would shut down and revoke the licence of any business enterprise found in the act.
However, it was gathered from residents that some institutions, including government-owned, filling stations and marketers have been rejecting the old notes, including hospitals that battle with emergencies.
Speaking to Freedom Radio, Malam Fancy, said he took his wife to the hospital when she was about to deliver, but the hospital rejected his old naira notes and also had no POS, hence that they asked him to deposit the money in their account.
He said although he transferred the money and got debited, the doctors on duty didn’t touch his wife as they said they must see the alert in their account, which took almost three hours.
“My wife walked into the hospital from our house, but before they received the alert, the pains had doubled and she was already bl€€ding. Still, they didn’t touch her until after three hours when they received the alert.
“After they admitted her, they discovered that she could not deliver by herself; that she must undergo an operation. I agreed and paid the money; still through transfer. It also delayed for an additional three hours before they received the alert and operated on my wife. Shockingly, the baby was brought out d€ad and the mother also d!ed.”he saud
