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Two non-governmental organisations, the Women Advocates Research and Documentation Centre, and the Centre for Reproductive Rights, have petitioned the Minister of Health, Dr Osagie Ehanire, over the alleged detention of two patients by the Wesley Guild Hospital, Ilesha, Osun State, over their inability to settle medical bills after treatment.
The organisations explained that Funmilayo had been moved to the gatehouse of the hospital, because she could not settle a bill of N55,000 for her treatment of childbirth complications since April 4, 2020, while Olowokere had been detained since March over N170,000 treatment bill. The petition read in part, “Due to the economic and social status of Miss Taiwo and Miss Olowokere, it is glaring that they will not be able to pay the sums billed them in the immediate.
“You should desist from the practice of detention after birth/accessing maternal services for women and immediately release every woman in your custody held in such a manner as such detention is illegal and a flagrant violation of the right to liberty of these women.
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