Ex-minister Dalung calls out Jos hospital for refusing to treat him over N80,000 deposit

A former sports minister, Solomon Dalung, has called out a Jos-based hospital for refusing to treat him for hours over non-payment of admission deposits.

Identified as Rayfield Medical Services in Jos, the Plateau State capital, Dalung said the hospital abandoned him for over four hours because those who rushed him in had not paid the sum of N80,000 as a deposit.

The former Sports minister lamented the way in which some hospitals in the country place no value on human lives.

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He stated, “I took ill on Wednesday, arrived at the hospital, and shortly became unconscious after doctor’s interviews. Was ferried into the emergency ward but abandoned for over four hrs due to non-payment of admission deposits. Regained partial consciousness, later did the transfer of deposit.

“After that, I fell into unconsciousness again for about seven hours. To God be the glory, I have been discharged after three days and recovering. Were it not for partial consciousness to pay the deposits, I would have been Mr. late. Many Nigerians have gone this way. Where is our humanity?”