A 25-year old woman simply identified as Tony Okiemute has abandoned a month-old-baby in St. George’s Specialist Clinic and Maternity over her inability to pay for her medical bills in Warri, Delta State, DAILY POST exclusively reports.
Administrative Manager of St. George’s Specialist Clinic & Maternity, Mr. Sunny Ebone made this known to DAILY POST while rushing the baby girl in company of some Social Welfare Officers to the police “B” Division in Warri to get police extract today.
Mr. Ebone hinted DAILY POST that the woman delivered a set of twin, a boy and a girl on October 5 through cesarean operation when he was rushed on emergency to the hospital.
He also noted that the woman lost the baby boy while the girl survived.
Mr. Ebone claimed that the woman abandoned the baby while pretending that she was going to purchase pap(Akamu). He said she absconded since October 15 when she visited the hospital for further treatments.
He noted that all efforts to trace and track the woman who claimed to be resident of Ekakoto Street in Orhunwhorhun Community in Udu Local Government were unsuccessful as before he decided to take the child to the police station.
Meanwhile DAILY POST gathered that the lady was given a bill of N125,000 which should could not afford.
Pained by the development, the Divisional Police Officer, “B” Division CSP Anieteh Eyoh who declined comments on the matter ordered his men to track the parents of the abandoned baby in order to save the child.
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