Jethro Ibileke/BeninMrs. Onaiwu with Favour her baby
The joy of an indigent patient, Mrs. Uwaila Onaiwu, who has been detained at the Benin Central Hospital, over unpaid medical bills, knew no bound when an aspirant of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), in the 2016 governorship election in Edo State, Mr. Matthew Iduoriyikemwen, paid her bills and set her free on Thursday, the eve of the new year, 2016.
Mrs. Onaiwu, who was beside herself with ecstasy when she learned that she would finally be allowed to leave the hospital for home, following the payment of her medical bills by the PDP aspirant, danced for joy and immediately named her beautiful baby girl Favour.
The mother of three who was delivered of her new born baby girl through a cesarean section in the hospital several weeks ago, thanked the governorship aspirant for his magnanimity, adding that she thought the new year 2016 will meet her and her new born baby in the hospital ward.
“I am overwhelmed with joy. I gave birth through cesarean but could not pay my bills until he came to pay my bills. I thank him for his gesture. I pray that God almighty bless him abundantly,” she said.
Earlier while responding to questions from journalists, the PDP governorship aspirant noted that government of the day alone cannot do everything to bring the goodies of life to everyone, especially the down-trodden in the society.
On why he decided to pay the medical bills of the patients, Iduoriyikemwen said that it was a way of reaching out to those who have been neglected by the society.
He also called on well-meaning Nigerians to partner with the government in order to bring succour to indigent Nigerians, especially in the spirit of the yuletide.
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Source:: PM Newspaper
