Like a lot of things in Nigeria, we know the Nigerian health care system is a mess.
A BBC documentary has shown just how far deep the rot has eaten, investigating how hospitals demand that patients pay before they are attended to or discharged.
A woman shared how after she birthed her baby she was detained in a hospital for a year, together with the baby, because she was unable to pay the bill.
Others shared how they lost loved ones because hospitals demanded pay before providing care.
Watch the documentary below:
A BBC documentary has shown just how far deep the rot has eaten, investigating how hospitals demand that patients pay before they are attended to or discharged.
A woman shared how after she birthed her baby she was detained in a hospital for a year, together with the baby, because she was unable to pay the bill.
Others shared how they lost loved ones because hospitals demanded pay before providing care.
Watch the documentary below:
"They said that we could not see the corpse of our child, that we would not see him until we paid the money complete."— BBC News Africa (@BBCAfrica) November 22, 2018
These are some of the shocking stories we've heard from patients in Nigeria who can't pay their medical bills. pic.twitter.com/t7qux2JCff
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