Wife of Abia Governor, Mrs. Nkechi Ikpeazu has intervened in the case of about 29 nursing mothers and other patients who have been on awaiting bill settlement at the Nigerian Christian Hospital, Onicha Ngwa, SDA Hospital and the Federal Medical Center, Umuahia, Abia State and paid the hospital bills.
Represented by her personal physician, Dr. Suzzy Nwachukwu, Mrs. Ikpeazu said that lack of funds should not be a reason to deny people access to quality health care, noting that it has always been her desire to see that Abians are in good health.
“It is sad to see that over 29 patients who has been discharged, could not go home due to their inability to pay their hospital bills,” she said.
The wife of the Governor who explained that her quick response upon getting the wind of the plight of these people, goes to show her love for Abians, prayed God to give her the grace to do more.
Responding, one of the beneficiaries, Ngozi Kalu thanked the wife of the Governor for coming to their aid and prayed God to give her the grace to continue this show of love.
Recall that the wife of the Governor had started her year with giving arms to the less privileged.
She visited the Federal medical center in Umuahia, on January 1st, 2020, where she distributed gifts and cash to nursing mothers and cleared the hospital bills for some. On the same day, she handed over 3 bungalows to 3 different indigens of Abia State.
She also visited the Abia State teaching hospital Aba, on the second day of January, 2020, where she cleared the hospital bills of nursing mothers whose bills had accumulated, and had been discharged but could not go home due to their inability to pay their bills.
