A former sports minister, Solomon Dalung, said he was abandoned for about four hours due to “nonpayment of admission deposits” at the Rayfield Medical Services, in Jos, the Plateau State capital.
Dalung, who stated this on Friday via social media, said he became unconscious for “about seven hours” after he managed to pay the admission deposit.
He stated, “I took ill on Wednesday, arrived at the hospital, and shortly became unconscious after doctor’s interviews. Was ferried into the emergency ward but abandoned for over four hrs due to non payments of admission deposits. Regained partial consciousness, later did the transfer of deposit.
“After that, I fell into unconsciousness again for about seven hours. To God be the glory, I have been discharged after three days and recovering. Were it not for partial consciousness to pay the deposits, I would have been Mr. late. Many Nigerians have gone this way. Where is our humanity?”
In a telephone chat with our correspondent late Friday night, Dalung said he asked his aides to take him to the hospital Wednesday evening when he realised he was “gradually transiting into unconsciousness.”
He said that despite passing out and couldn’t make payment through his phone, officials of the hospital insisted on the payment of N80,000 deposit before they could treat him.
