Naira Scarcity: Pregnant Woman Dies In Kano Hospital Over Payment Alerts Delay

Naira Scarcity: Pregnant Woman Dies In Kano Hospital Over Payment Alerts Delay

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Shema’u Sani Labaran, a pregnant woman from Kano, died in the Abdullahi Wase Specialist Hospital due to alleged doctor negligence as a result of the new naira policy crisis.

Malam Bello Fancy, the late woman’s husband, said her death was caused by a delay in transferring funds to the bank, and that doctors did not attend to his wife for more than three hours.

Recall that the Kano State Government warned marketers, supermarkets, and the general public against accepting old naira notes in the state, threatening to shut down and revoke the license of any business found doing so.

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However, residents reported that some institutions, including government-owned filling stations and marketers, as well as hospitals dealing with emergencies, have rejected the old notes.

Malam Fancy told Freedom Radio that he took his wife to the hospital when she was about to give birth, but the hospital refused his old naira notes and also had no POS, so they asked him to deposit the money in their account.

He stated that despite the fact that he transferred the funds and was debited, the doctors on duty did not touch his wife because they said they needed to see the alert in their account, which took nearly three hours.

“My wife walked into the hospital from our house, but before they received the alert, the pains had doubled and she was already bleeding. Still, they didn’t touch her until after three hours when they received the alert.

“After they admitted her, they discovered that she could not deliver by herself; that she must undergo an operation. I agreed and paid the money; still through transfer. It also delayed for an additional three hours before they received the alert and operated on my wife. Shockingly, the baby was brought out dead and the mother also died.”

However, the hospital’s Chief Medical Director, Dr Rahila Garba, denied the allegation, stating that the claim did not accurately represent the incident.

Other patients in the hospital, however, confirmed the incident, stating that they, too, had issues with hospital bill payment, which delayed services.

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