Pregnant wife dying as husband buys dog and phone with her hospital money
- A Nigerian lady, who had recently given birth publicly denounced her husband for neglecting her in the hospital and diverting funds allocated for her caesarean section
- The lady, known by the username @Pharm_prenuer, sought assistance on a social media platform as she fought for her life
- Prior to delivery, she experienced severe breathlessness, leading medical professionals to recommend a caesarean procedure
In Nigeria, a lady who had just given birth was left in distress when her husband abandoned her in the hospital.
She had been admitted for a caesarean section due to complications with her breathing.
The lady narrated how it happened. Photo credit: @pharm_preneurSource: Twitter
After a kind stranger donated N500,000 for her medical expenses, she sent N180,000 to her husband for safekeeping.
Shockingly, he spent the money on a new smartphone and a pet dog instead of her surgery.
The woman, known online as @Pharm_prenuer, shared her ordeal on social media, pleading for support as she struggled with her health.
How my husband used my CS money
“Dear Twitter Nigeria, I am appealing to you all for your help to save my life to stay alive to nurse my new born child. I got traditionally married recently and took in. I thought that was the best thing that happened to me, everything was going well until I entered 35th week.
“I suddenly developed shortness of breath, I could barely walk 2secs without being out of breath. Thinking it was one of those symptoms of late pregnancy, I didn’t take it seriously until the 14th of April when I could barely breath, I couldn’t lift my head up.
“I was rushed to a nearby clinic, they couldn’t handle me, so I was taken to my hospital where I was admitted and placed on oxygen. They Drs told my husband we should opt for CS, as I and my unborn child were at risks..my husband said no, that I’d definitely deliver naturally.
“He insisted he had no money for CS, they should work on stabilizing my breathing…so for three days, I was on oxygen and feeling better, seeing that I was responding to treatment, my husband went around and insisted I should be discharged against Drs advice.
“It almost became an issue, I was too weak to argue with him, he insisted on discharge so I was discharged early the next morning. A few hours after we arrive home, the breathing problems started again. I struggled with it, this man went and bought Agbo from one Yoruba woman.
“Told me to drink, it would make my baby turn it’s head for natural delivery, the other Agbo could make my cervix slippery. i was in so much pain that I drank only for the pain to intensify. I struggled so much till about 1am in the morning when I couldn’t take it anymore..
“I cried out, my neighbors came running and I was again rushed to the hospital, admitted and placed on oxygen while my Drs determine what to be done, my husband insisted he had no money for CS..all these while I was spending my life’s savings on medications, this and that tests.
“This dragged on until the morning of 29th April, I was broked,my baby wasn’t moving, my breathing wasn’t good, I can’t pushed and my baby’s position was beached. I cried out on Facebook where a kind Samaritan sent me 500k to pay for CS and whatever else I might need afterwards.
“I immediately sent the sum of 180k and an additional 60k so he could pay for the surgery and whatever we might need. He took the money and spent it instead on a phone and bought a dog.While I was battling with life, thinking he was paying. We waited from 10am when I gave him.
“The money to about 2pm, Drs were shouting, time was running out, I had to call his sister, counted another 180k and gave her, she’s the one who paid. he came at 6pm when I was been wheeled into the theater. i could hear both of them fighting, the sister threatening to arrest him.
“I’ve given birth through CS and he has currently abandoned me, my new born baby girl and my aged mother at the hospital, we have spent all we have on bills, medications, tests, food, so many other things, I’m stranded and do not know what else to do.
“To verify that I am not lying, I’m admitted at Alimosho LGA General hospital Igando along university of Lagos-Isheri road. Post natal ward 212, Mother and child care Unit..patient name Susan Ubangha.”
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Nursing mother uses cash problem
Meanwhile, Fox Nigeria earlier reported that a nursing mother has gone viral on Instagram after using the current scarcity in Naira notes to sing a song.
In the video, the woman who had her baby on her back used the song to capture the current cash crunch in Nigeria.
Apart from having a baby on her back, the woman also had another toddler who scurried around her as she started singing.
In recent development, Fox Nigeria also reported that a man who danced for a nursing mother and gave her plenty of Naira notes in a viral TikTok video.
Source: Fox Nigeria
