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| Late Elizabeth |
Clutching a cellophane bag, Christopher
Akhile (43), a father of three, has been weighed down by the death of
his wife , Elizabeth, and his inability to bury her remains.
This is because the remains of the woman
who died in 2011 are being ‘detained’ at the mortuary of Irrua
Specialist Teaching Hospital in Edo State.
Akhile, who together with his late wife
hail from Ugbegun, in Esan North East, Edo State, started the battle to
save her life in Lagos in 2011, when she took ill and was taken to
Plateau Hospital, on Agege Motor Road.
She was placed on admission for one month.
The battle to save his wife’s life,
however, ended at Irrua Specialist Teaching Hospital, where she died on
August 2011. At this point, Akhile, a driver by profession, had
exhausted his finances and lost his job with a female senior naval
officer in Abuja.
Continue after the cut...
Speaking with Saturday PUNCH on his
predicament, Akhile said he remained in the village till January 2012,
before returning to Lagos to raise money for outstanding services
received at ISTH. Meanwhile, the bill continued to pile, with the daily
N1, 000 fee charged by the hospital mortuary unit, for keeping
Elizabeth’s remains.
Akhile, who said he paid N120, 000 at
ISTH, but was unable to carry on, is pleading that the hospital waive
their fee, to allow him bury his late wife.
Culled - Punch
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