The management of Chukwuemeka Odumegwu University Teaching Hospital Amaku Awka has handed over a mentally disabled accident victim back to her family after five months of abandonment in the hospital.
Addressing the press during the handover, the Chief Medical Director of Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu University Teaching Hospital, Awka, Dr. Josephat Akabuike said a good samaritan brought but abandoned the patient, Miss Chinenye Amuji, a native of Akwakume in Udi Local Government Area of Enugu State but lived in Nibo, Awka South Local Government Area of Anambra State with her parents.
Dr Akabuike further revealed that the victim, Miss Amuji, sustained various fractures and injuries necessitating several operations and treatments which cost over one million naira.
He advised Nigerians to always be their brother’s keeper by assisting accident victims to public hospitals where they can get treatment without initial cost.
He said it took them time to locate the family members of the patient because the mentally disabled patient could not give information about herself.
Dr Akabuike then thanked Governor Soludo and the individuals who assisted them to offset the bill of the patient.
Narrating their ordeal, a family member of the victim, Mrs Ifunanya Amuji-Onyejiaka said that they have been looking for their sister for five months till someone posted the patient’s video online from where they traced her to the hospital.
Mrs Amuji-Onyejiaka then thanked the hospital management and good spirited individuals for their patriotism and prayed God to reward them abundantly.
