The University College Hospital (UCH), Ibadan has denied Sick Infant medical care over refusal to remove hijab.
It was discovered that the 4-day-old baby had been declined treatment, at exactly 11:30 pm after the father had covered a bill totalling #15,800 at the universal laboratory of the hospital.
Expressing his dissatisfaction, Sobur Opeyemi Rafiu, the father of the baby, took to his Facebook handle to lament the unwelcome attitude displayed by the hospital’s management.
According to the statement, he said,“I don’t really know how to put this but I can’t let it go. They just rejected my 4 days old baby this night around 11:30pm at the emergency children ward of University College Hospital, Ibadan-UCH just because his mother and our neighbour who followed us there put on a veil.
“The most painful part is that they didn’t tell us initially until after I paid some bills at universal laboratory which is ₦15,800 and I was told to come and fill a refund form in the morning in order to take back my money.
“It was after I made the payment at the laboratory and I was trying to go and get other prescriptions in the treatment sheet I received a call from my wife that she was asked to remove both her hijab and veil before they can attend to my 4 days old baby.
“The other member of their staff in the laboratory tried his possible best to appeal to them at the emergency children ward to attend to the baby but they insisted that it’s either we comply with their rule or we leave for another hospital. I’m writing this at 1:00am and I’m sad.”
