Outrage as Ogun Doctor Detains Grieving Woman After the Death of Her Newborn Twins

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A medical doctor in an Ogun State hospital, has gotten tongues wagging after allegedly detaining a woman whose newborn twins had just died.  

Dr Babatunde Onamusi-Martins, a medical doctor and the owner of Martins Hospital in Sagamu, Ogun State, has been accused of detaining a woman that was just delivered of babies, identified only as Aina, in his facility for three months over hospital bills.

According to a Punch Metro report, the 24-year-old woman identified as Aina, had been pregnant with twins and was due for delivery on April 7, when her husband, Ola, a factory worker, rushed her to a church.

She was said to have developed complication after being delivered of the first baby boy, who died shortly after birth. She was taken to Martins Hospital in GRA, Sabo, Sagamu, where the second baby boy was delivered. 

The child died as well.

The proprietor of the hospital was alleged to have insisted on the payment of over N300,000 before releasing the victim.

According to Punch Metro, Aina’s husband, Ola, revealed that he could not explain how the medical bills accumulated to N300,000.

He said, “I am engaged to my woman, though we are not yet fully married. When she was due for delivery, we decided to take her to a church beside our house, where pregnant women in our area are usually delivered of babies.

“The first baby came out, but died some minutes after. There was a complication when the second child was about to be delivered and I called my wife’s mother, who advised that we take her to a hospital.

“The doctor asked for a deposit of N150,000, which we could not raise. He later summed up our bills and said we were owing him over N300,000.

“We first raised an initial sum of N130,000 and later added N70,000 to make the money N200,000. When we invited a radio presenter to the hospital and the issue started gaining attention on the social media, he decided to give us a N65,000 discount. 

“I cannot explain how we accumulated up to N300,000 because apart from the money we paid, we also gave him N12,000 on three occasions for the three pints of blood he bought for us. We bought plasters, methylated spirits, and some other things that were unavailable at the hospital.”

Ola said the poor condition of his family forced his wife to use a church for delivery, adding that Martins Hospital was no better.

He described the hospital environment as unsanitary, saying he wanted to take his wife from there a day after she was delivered of the twin.

However, the owner of the hospital described the allegations as false, saying he saved Aina from death after she was rushed to his hospital.

Onamusi-Martins said he never detained the patient, adding that she was always moving freely.

He said, “The girl was pregnant with twins and was taken to a church where they forced the first child out and killed him. I was asleep when my nurses came to wake me up late at night that we had an emergency.