Osuedi Sunday Christian, a 58-year-old sick man, has been left abandoned by his family at the University of Benin Teaching Hospital in Benin City, Edo State.
According to SaharaReporters,
it was gathered that Osuedi who hails from Orogun, Ighoyobi Compound in the
Ughelli North Local Government Area of Delta State was taken to the hospital by
his wife on June 23, 2023, and reportedly abandoned there.
SaharaReporters learnt that she
had not shown up since then.
And when the hospital contacted
her, she said she had moved out of the apartment where the couple used to stay
in Lagos.
The Public Relations Officer of
the hospital, Mrs. Queen Aigbodion told SaharaReporters that UBTH had been
feeding and taking care of Osuedi for over six months.
“As of yesterday (Thursday)
when I spoke to the wife on the phone, she insisted that she was no longer in
the house,” Aigbodion said.
She said, "The wife
brought him to the hospital on the 23rd of June 2023 and that was the last time
we saw her. The man is very sick but can talk.
"We made an attempt by
taking him to his home town, but nobody seemed to know him there and we brought
him back to the hospital because we cannot just abandon him there since he
cannot help himself.
"UBTH has been feeding him
and taking care of him, while the nurses are also supporting him with their
personal money.
"The patient is an Urhobo
by tribe and has two underaged children with his wife who is from Calabar,
Cross River State. His parents are deceased.
"He has lost contact with
his siblings since he claimed to have left his home town for Lagos State over
40 years ago.
"We therefore use this
medium to call on members of the public to help reach/contact his family
members to come for him.”
"For more information,
please reach us through our social media platform; Facebook, Instagram,
Twitter, @ ubthng or UBTH Telephone Line +2348147772992," the statement
added.
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