Samson FolarinA Lagos couple, Mr Michael and Mrs Roseline Oaikhena, have been denied the custody of their newborn baby, Ighodalo, for three months over an unpaid medical bill of N650,000. PUNCH Metro learnt that the hospital holding on to the child, Inton Hospital, Ogba, Ikeja, Lagos, had allegedly vowed to put him in an orphanage unless the debt was cleared. We were unable to get an incubator at the hospital and our search for one in Lagos public hospitals proved abortive. “She gave birth around 1pm and when we could not find any public hospital with an incubator, we settled for Inton Hospital. “The hospital said the next step is to take him to a motherless babies’ home because we don’t have money.

Source: Punch May 30, 2018 00:44 UTC