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Friday 6 November 2015

Woman gives birth, held in hospital by staff for failure to pay her bill

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A 23yrs old Miss Blessing Godwin, from Eket L.G.A in Akwa Ibom state is in urgent need of financial support to rescue her from her predicament. On the 28th of October, 2015, at about 6pm exactly, Mrs. Blessing was admitted in the labor room of Ilasamaja Health Center for child delivery. After several hours of delayed parturition with , the head nurse suggested that they  would transfer her with immediate effect to another Standard hospital as a result of unavailability of life saving equipment.
In a live interview with VOC NEWS today, Mrs. Blessing Godwin recounted her bewilderment, when she was told to leave the Ilasamaja health center “I was stranded because there was no cash on me. My husband and I stayed from 11pm to 4:30 am the following morning, before we could get assistance to take us to Isolo General Hospital ”.  At this point she broke down crying profusely. It took the effort of this reporter to console her before she continued the narration of her ordeal.  According to her when they got to Isolo General Hospital, it was another hard luck, as there was no vacant bed for her to be admitted. This incident generated curious attention as the nurse on duty suggested that, if she stayed one more hour, there would be likelihood, that the child might die in her womb.


The only solution left to rescue the poor girl was to rush her to a specialist hospital. Mater Christi is a specialist hospital located at 8, Bishop Okogie Street, off Ago palace way, Balogun B/stop Okota Lagos where the Caesarian was done successfully.  And she was delivered of a bouncing baby girl. But unknowingly to her, this was just the begin of her woes, as she and her jobless husband, Mr. Godwin could only pay N50,000 from the hospital bill, with an outstanding bill of N150,000. As a result of the inability to pay up the complete bill, the poor woman has been detained by the hospital management for the past 2-weeks, because she and husband could not afford to pay the outstanding  hospital bill.

We are calling on all well-meaning Nigerians andlovers of humanity to urgently come to the aid of Mrs Blessing Godwin. She needs the sum of #150,000.00 (One Hundred and Fifty Thousand) , to enable her offset  the hospital bill, so that the hospital management would  “release” her from  “incarceration”  . The hospital management was glad to receive the VOC News reporter; they confessed that it was a kind gesture for an organization to be interested in humanitarian acts of this kind .

The name and address of the hospital can be verified. Please call Mrs. Blessing Godwin now! 07018162451, 09038948316. No amount of money is too small. Remember that: your only worth in life is the good you do for others.

143 comments:

  1. Mmmmmm.. Our hospitals are wicked.. Calling her..

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    1. Crazy comment.. nothing is free even in Freetown... did u expect a caesarian section to be done free? Wont the hospital pay it's staff? Wont the doctor feed his family? Pls grow some sense

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    2. He is a mumu. I bet he didn't call her. Only broke and poor in mind people talk like this. The hospital was even nice enough tohelp her first. Let her sperm donor go get the money. All he could save within 9 months was 50K. Shame

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    3. Senseless comment !, is the hospital a charity organization? Won't d Dr pay for accommodation, won't he pay his staff. If it's easy to be a Dr why don't u go to medical school and then come and open a charity hospital. Do u know how expensive things are in d market? Even d govt hospitals are not free, not even to their staff and families. The man knows he his jobless yet he impregnated his wife, can't he plan his family? Does he not know the cost of bringing up a child? Mtchew!!!.

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  2. Mmmmmm.. Our hospitals are wicked.. Calling her..

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  3. Eyaaa good a thing they dropped their contact.

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  4. Hmmmm joblessness is bad ooo, nida will I even agree to b a housewife. Hmmm help is coming ur way blessing.

















    Lib freak

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  5. ONLY IN NIGERIA!





    The Staffs are Robots!





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  6. ONLY IN NIGERIA!





    The Staffs are Robots!





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  7. Chai! May God see her through




















    #It WiLL oNLy gEt beTTer
    #iT MuSt eNd IN pRAisE

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  8. Am so speechless...

    Life is so funny bcos there r people wit money and wealthy looking for fruits of d womb and to no avail and here is a broke ass wit no money in their pockets bless wit fruit of d womb.

    I wish them all d best and I pray help locate them IJN. Its well wit their souls and life is worth living irrespective of life situations.




















    Comment frm ROYAL PRIESTHOOD (royalpriesthood007@gmail.com)

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  9. Lindiway foot the bill jor......

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  10. COMMON LINDA! WHAT IS THIS? THIS IS SMALL CHOP FEE TO YOU WHICH YOU CAN OFFSET WITHOUT CALLING ON WELL MEANING NIGERIANS. WHAT WE SHOULD BE HEARING FROM YOU THAT IT HAD BEEN SETTLED ANONYMOUSLY (EVEN IF YOU WERE THE ONE WHO DID IT). WHATEVER YOU DO TO THE LEAST OF MY BRETHREN, YOU DID IT TO ME. YOU HAVE ENOUGH MONEY TO BUY YOURSELVES A MANSION IN HEAVEN BY DOING THESE LITTLE ACTS OF CHARITY. YOU ARE TOO BIG FOR THIS. I REST MY CASE!

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  11. It's nice of the hospital to atleast assist her delivery first before asking for money. Where is her useless husband or sperm donor?

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    1. U and ur useless comment is as useless as d useless husband,the man is jobless he mamaged to briing 50k,if not for complication they wudnt ve gone to any private hospital,pls b careful wat u say. Bc u might b incurg a curse unknowingly,mumu

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  12. Linda, you can help her . The money is not too much for you.

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  13. Linda I think u would have helped her regarding the urgency, you could afford 150k

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    1. Doctor Alheri why cant u help her, did u work for linda's money that you should tell her how to spend her money.... Help shouldnt be forced down people's throat, stop calling out linda

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    2. Please how many people will Linda help? She has her own responsibilities too. Pls stop this!

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  14. There was no cash on us! Really? For 9 months you couldn't save. You are lucky your bill is just 150k for C/S. Tomorrow go and open your leg and be Fucking husband wey nor get money.

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    1. Exactly . They should be happy the hospital even accepted to help her give birth without 50% down payment. Useless spermicide donor. All you could save in 9 months was just N50K. Shame

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    2. You are a fool! So couples with no money should not procreate?

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    3. Actually they shouldn't! Do you think only the hospital bill is what they'll need to raise this baby? Diapers, clothes, food? The expense has just started.

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    4. Yes. They shouldn't

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  15. Phew! Na real wa! Thanks for sharing dis here. Linda take note!

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  16. Oh, such a young woman. Its well



    #sucre

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  17. Phew! Na real wa! Thanks for sharing dis here. Linda take note!

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  18. Phew! Na real wa! Thanks for sharing dis here. Linda take note!

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  19. Not meaning to sound callous but the parent should have been saving.There's no point bringing a baby into the world to come & suffer.9months is enough to give em time

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    1. Idiot Julit go and pay the bill also, did u work for linda's money so as to tell her how to spend it or was linda there when she was opening her legs....idiot mofo

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    2. U r a fool @ love eating pussy, why call her an idiot?isn't she saying the truth?Linda can get the bill kk.foolish man keep eating pussy kk,u will definitely die there.

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  21. Just 150k. I pray she gets help as soon as possible. It is well.






















    #TeamBlessed#

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  22. Can't finish reading jare, thinking about my own life here. No job, no business no help feeling so frustrated.

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  23. I just hope these numbers are not hacked and cash diverted.

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  24. linda u fit help them na

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    1. U put d money for linda pocket, abi linda was there when they were fcuking, abeg free the babe joor

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  25. Linda, u need d details........send her d money.

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    1. U be goat, allow Linda talk by herself, or when u become her PA? Olosi, winch somebody

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  26. Haba! Aunty Linda even u can help pay dis money nah! Millionaire like u. Dis r d kind of things u should tune ur money towards if for nothing for d baby's sake

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    1. Abeg shut up na Linda give am belle?

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    2. U must be sick calling out linda like that , 9months no plan for d baby now ur calling on linda that crazy, u sef help

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    3. Love eating pussy idiot guy stop campaigning for Linda,she no send u mumu guy

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  27. Na waaaaaaa oooooooo......God wuld see her through firstlt thnk God 4 a safe delivery

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  28. Please how do I send mail to Linda? Can any BV help me with her mail address please? It's urgent
    Thanks

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    1. Thomas benedict you self pay, abi was linda there when she was opening her legs, 9months n no plan for d baby, God purnish u ppl asking linda to carry every body's problem

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    2. U r an animal God punish u as well bastard

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  30. Linda your next week Monday give away can be used to offsetothis woman's medical this woman's medical bill. Remember she is a lady like you. Pls do the needful. I am sure other kindhearted LIB readers won't mind to sacrifice their weekly Monday give away for a worthy cause.

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    1. For a sperm donor of a husband who could only save N50K in 9 months? No

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    2. Ofou paul dont tell linda how to spend her money, dats unethical of you. Giving shouldnt be shoved Down people's throat, so u yourself help by giving and dnt force lindas hand because shes rich

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  31. Linda, cant u pay this bill rather than post it.

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    1. Mumu are u not a human being like Linda or does she have 2 heads?

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    2. David Eke u should help out by paying the bills and not calling linda out. Was linda der when dey were fcuking or is 9months not enough for a couple to plan for a baby.... Oga David help pay d bills also, giving shouldnt be forced down linda's throat

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  32. Ehhyyyaaa thank 4 d safe delivery,it's well...pls u can help out do ooo...God bless us all

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  33. Please can they call me with proof of this story and I will pay the bill. Nigeria is a funny place. The less privileged should be given free medical treatment esp women and children.

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  34. linda plssssssssssss, u can help her out and pay for the hospital bills, this is really embarrassing to put up this on ur blog cuz d amount stated here is just the amount of ur pair of shoes.Thank you and God bless

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    1. Anonymous fool, u sef pay, cant u do a good thing in ur life

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    2. Now I see u r a fucking retarded bastard

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  35. linda plssssssssssss, u can help her out and pay for the hospital bills, this is really embarrassing to put up this on ur blog cuz d amount stated here is just the amount of ur pair of shoes.Thank you and God bless

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  36. Linda, pay for her now. God has blessed you

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  37. Oh my goodness
    After all de stress she went tru now de trauma of settling hospital bills?
    Uhhhhh
    Daz 2 much 4 her
    God pls help her & c her tru
    #oneandonlynwa@gmail.com#

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  38. Can't u help her linda?hian. But u can buy 500million house,this life!! If u like no post my comment ur head ache

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    1. So what if she buys 500 million naira house? It is her money, she suffered for it and would do with it like she pleases! D woman's husband should be a man biko.

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    2. So cuz she bought such a house, everyone that ask her for help, she must help? I see u have never been rich before that's why u are making such a statement. If u are rich in Nig, all ur extended family, cousins, cousin's plenty children , neighbours, staff, etc will come begging u often. Then u will wonder what is left 4 a stranger. Until u are in such shoes, don't speak about how others spend their money

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  39. So sad that is one of the reason why doctors fail to treat people,God bless the Doctor,congrat to the woman. TIMILEYIN BLESSING

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  40. Linda pls help them God will continue to bless u abundantly

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  41. So linda u can't pay the bill

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  42. Please we should stop bringing children into this world to make them suffer like this. Anyway I guess they thought she would give birth without complications. God would help you.

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  43. People need to understand the need for a private health insurance cover. Better to have one and not need it than need it and not have it.

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  44. wow hope she gets help from kind hearted Nigerians

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  45. Aunty Linda help them now please please and please.

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  46. Eeya I know the hospital its I my street, I live in the area, God will cone to your aid.

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  47. So keeping her in the hospital will make her pay abi ? *justwondering

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  48. Linda can blog this. Let us know what u can do to help d woman and her baby from ur huge fortune which comes by d grace of God.

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  49. But Linda u got acquired a home of half a billion naira helping this poor family with 150k wouldn't be too much for u

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    1. Arinze can u hear yourself, must linda carry every bodys problem on their head, do u know how many people she helps without posting online, so becos she bought a home over 500million she shud now be every bodys savior, giving shouldnt be brought down people's throat.... Arinze umeh u sef pay

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  50. much u post something like dis just bcos of 150k linda, cant u help dem out

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  51. Linda. Use your give away for Monday pay the bill am sure LIBers with understand the gesture

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  52. Linda you are more than 150 thousand why not pay for her, this is not a gist/news. Next news plus.

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  53. Linda you are more than 150 thousand why not pay for her, this is not a gist/news. Next news plus.

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  54. What are we calling her for? no time, Lagos is a very busy place for every one. The best thing is to post her account number after the story.

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  55. you can do better than this, some some love.

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  56. Linda u 2 STINGY. Can't u help for once instead of always soliciting for pple u shuld as a mata of fact help @ tyms. U re beginning to disgust me I swear.

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    1. And u are a shit head anuofia! Was it Linda that got her pregnant or did u help Linda make her money? Can u imagine! Linda owes nobody nothing

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  57. my god will surely see her tru.

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  58. But linda u r suppose to have paid d bill instead of posting this on ur blog God bless u we all know this haba !!!!!

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  59. Dear Linda. How can you post this stuff here. You recently bought a home worth over half a billion and you cannot afford to help a helpless woman like you with just $150,000 to get her out of hospital and you are here seeking for donations. Is that your own way of giving back?

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  60. At least this is a better story ending than the one reported by Ladun Liadis blog. Jobless though he was, the unemployed husband had enough sense to take her to a private hospital. The staff of this hospital deserve to be commended for being true to their Hippocrates oath

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  61. Pls dont have kids if you are not financially ready for them. Imagine a child being born and his two parents cant even afford the hospital bill - so what exactly are your plans for this poor baby.
    This is a fast paced century we are, its 2015. Our parents may have had us anyhow and we survived it but in today's world you are doing a disservice to your children by giving birth anyhow. economy is hard. Plan for them , prepare for them, before you give birth to them biko. Nigeria is already overpopulated, criminals everwhere. Unless you have the means, dont be in a hurry to born

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    1. God bless u for dis comment! Very sensible comment. Not d morons ordering Linda to pay d bill as if she got d woman pregnant

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    2. Thank you so much for this comment!
      Kids born into misery because parents just wanna have kids when they can't afford to pay for one child...
      Wish folks would listen!

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  62. Someone shud assist her. Poor kid!

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  63. Linda u shldnt ve posted this na. You wld've taken take of it. You are more than that.

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  64. Linda, please bail the lady out and God will continue to bless you. At least, He has blessed you enough to bless this lady by bailing her with ease.

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  65. Cruel....the sad situation of health care in Nigeria.

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  66. Una nor get money to born but una dey fuck?! How una go take feed the baby!!!

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  67. Please Linda you should help this kind of people naaa

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  68. Linda pls you should help this woman ! the money they seek for is nothing to be compared with yours naa at least its not even your pair of shoes..C'mmon !

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  69. Linda pls you should help this woman ! the money they seek for is nothing to be compared with yours naa at least its not even your pair of shoes..C'mmon !

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    1. Enough of all these shit. How many people have you given 10 naira?

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  70. Linda...If you can buy a house for 500 million or so...then you not supposed to be posting this for us to see...pls help the woman biko...afterall you told us 200k is the amount you buy a pair of shoe...dats exactly Wat she needs pls..its called (giving back to the society ) God bless u

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  71. I am just glad the hospital put life before cash... Linda please help her... ahhhn, I know you can't help everyone with a need but this one come your domot... God bless the helpers o

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  72. Linda you can afford this assistance, try and be of help to humanity. Use your money to help people. Not only to display your earthly acquisitions.

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  73. For window blinds, wallpaper and curtain please call 08160856785.

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  74. @ linda you just got a house worth over half a billion, why cant you just help her out abi you know dey help people?

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  75. very very stupid people..... u had 9 full months to plan for a baby! u have no right to bring a child to suffer in this world, when they pay for u again u would make sweet love and born triplets next time.... u better go and castrate urselves

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  76. No, they are not stupid people, just unfortunate. They never planned to have a cesarean section in a private hospital. Like joke, she could have lost her life. I can only pray that kind hearted people will shower her with blessings, over and above 150,000 and her life will never be the same again.

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  77. @ Linda thats true, why cant you help out.

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  78. cant u help them ? or ur money u no dey use am help pple.

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  79. Dear anonymous 1.15pm... So because you are perfect and your life is planned at every turn you feel you have the right to speak such negativity and hate? SHIT happens, things happen that should not and they had planned adequately if the system had worked. It is unfair that there is no good health care and no one plans for a caesarian birth. So maybe before you spill hate think what could happen to you. This poor woman has no means and it was not her fault.
    -MY VIEW-

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  80. From the comments here sometimes I wonder the age of people who comment on this blog. Who are you to say she is stupid or has no right to have a child because she N her husband aren't financially buoyant? The husband has paid N 50 000. It's so bad that a lot of people aren't really exposed. People who are in the lower income bracket should have a subsidy on their health care especially if they go to government hospitals. It is well with this country.

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  81. Please linda help her na person you be.no be to show us house, abi you dey cult?

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  82. Linda pls help this woman. Thank you

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  83. Linda pls help her. Thank you

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  84. Linda, I think you should have just helped out, and then post how you did. Na wao

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  85. Linda, I think you should have just helped out, and then post how you did. Na wao

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  86. Shame on u Linda..you brag about living in a 500 million naira house yet u cant help the needy. Tufiakwa

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  87. Ds is ma 1st tym of commenting on LIB,ds is so tochn,i dnt knw if it's bcos I jus had a baby dat lil I feel like cryin rit nw,pls Linda dnt mind all dos who bad mouth u,jus go ahead nd help her plss.

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  88. Please Linda help this people and God will reward u.

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  89. Please Linda help this people and God will reward u.

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  90. Am surprised people are attacking Linda for this wonderful work. If she didn't post it, nobody will know. Yes, am sure she can help her but the hard truth is that she can not help everybody.

    Please Linda, always post something like this so that good Nigerian/Samaritans will reach out to such people.

    Please keep it up

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  91. Maybe because she not an lbo woman

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  92. Ihegoro chidi you are stupid to call hospitals wicked
    After working so the nurses, orderlies, doctors, anesthetic staff, and lab scientists, gate man and hospital owner should starve abi father xmas go pay the bill
    What will be used to pay the pharmacy/drug suppliers
    9months and they did not prepare
    If it is some private clinics such unbooked labour emergency cases will charge not less than 400k I have 4 kids so I know what I am talking
    Get your facts b4 u open mouth next time you ignorant brat

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  93. Linda please you should have posted her account number straightaway.

    Calling is just long

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  94. Linda must you refer to her husband as a 'jobless husband' please mind your language, your choice of word should show some respect for people.

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  95. '.....as she and her jobless husband, Mr. Godwin' meaning? please show some respect, it's not because you are helping out in one way or the other you will now rubbish him.

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  96. Hian.... must you disgrace the poor man like this, if you want to help, help, but know that if you are helping out now the reward will not be the same as when you just quietly did without first disgracing the couple or the man, abi you don't know people that know him also read social publications??? you should have just done two things for God to be proud of you, first save the man's face and help him out. now I will advise you to leave it to the public to help since that is what publishing it means. if you like don't post my comment.

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  97. We thank nigerians for their concerns on d above subject matter.we also share your concerns and have since discharged the patient even without paying the outstanding hospital charge.we never held the patient at any time.blessing godwin got to our hospital like 7 days ago emergency and we operated her wirhout hesitation not collecting any kobo which is our policy in matter christi hospital.we place life first.so patient is still within the normal recovery days post surgery.the subject editorial is therefore wrong.so the blog info got to us and we share the concerns too.thanks for ur concern.

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  98. Fools everywhere!!! Running dia dirty mouths and speaking from dia poverty mindset...linda this Linda that...what's wrong with u sending the Lil you have to help? u need millions too to do that??? Rubbish! Always ready to crucify some1

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  99. hmmm...Linda Luv am not better than you...cos i believe you must v helped lots of pple without letting the whole world know about this.. i believe you v sorted out this woman's bill..you only want the world to kn about the situation of Nigeria Hospital...God bless you for helping out.

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  100. who fucked her, nonsense ..una know how to born pikin una no know how to care for them ...African mentality

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  101. Linda help the poor family kk,u r bigger than this.give urself some credits kk and dnt make pple begin to see u as an ingrate

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  102. I give kudos to the hospital for delivering her of her baby without deposit. Help will come for the woman.

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