A pregnant woman died in Kasuwan Magani, Kajuru LGA, Kaduna, because her husband was unable to pay her medical bills due to the biting naira scarcity.
The woman was due to give birth, but the hospital refused her because her husband could not make down payments.
According to James Auta, who recounted the ordeal, he went to the hospital with his wife on Monday, where the doctor asked him to deposit money before examining her.
According to him: “I ran to my bank to withdraw money, but was told no money. I went back looking for POS operators, but I could not find any because, since the issue of new currency began, most POS operator locked up their business centre.”
Because he couldn’t access his money, the couple returned home, trusting God for safe delivery, he explained.
Unfortunately, their circumstances deteriorated.
” My wife began labour around 11 pm. Since I could not withdraw any money, I called the attention of a nurse within our locality. But as my wife delivered, blood was coming out non-stop. All efforts by the nurse to stop the bleeding failed,” he recalled.
