The management of Babcock University Teaching Hospital (BUTH) has launched a search party for the children of one of its patients, Mr. Maurice Okpenyong, who was allegedly abandoned at its medical facilities.
According to a statement released and signed by the Communications Department of Babcock University BU, Mr. Okpenyong was brought to the hospital by his children (a man and woman), who have now disappeared and refused to come to take him home after BUTH signed his discharge in December, 2023.
The hospital management said the whereabouts of the patient’s son and daughter are unknown to the management of BUTH and the hospital management saying, “it has teamed up with the Police in Ilishan, Area F, and Bariga to look for his son at both his official residence and private address without success.
“The patient’s unpaid total bill was N399, 320 as at the time that his discharge was first signed on December 20, 2023.
“But the refusal of his children to come forward to pick him home, and his continued stay and upkeep in the hospital has increased the patient’s total bill to N1, 279, 350 as at March 20, 2024.
“As at the time of this report the sum of N180, 000 only had been paid by the patient or children.”
