Saturday, June 29, 2013

WSNE in Osun State: Another Mother Abandons Infant in Hospital again!!!



Mother Abandons Infant in HospitalHealth workers and patients at the Osun State General Hospital, Osogbo were left confused on Friday each time a nursing mother, Mrs. Grace Adipe, allegedly abandoned her three-day-old baby in the hospital.

A medical facility community was astonished as the news headlines of the abandonment spread.

A woman, Adijat Bamijoko, told NAN that she was in a healthcare facility to aid an individual when the incident occurred on Thursday, and wondered “how a nursing mother could abandon her child.

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“Although, I do not know the lady, but one wonders why she should abandon her baby in a healthcare facility where Gov. Rauf Aregbesola had made medication free for all,” she said.

Other folks who expressed surprise within the incident, called on the hospital's management to ensure the fleeing mother was brought back to look after her baby.

Search team, including government officials and police force agents had failed within their effort to obtain the woman.

The Osun Commissioner for Women and Children's Affairs, Mrs. Mofolake Adegboyega, said in a record that efforts to make contact with the lady by a healthcare facility authorities were yet to yield results.

Adegboyega called Adipe's relations and members of the general public to be vigilant on the whereabouts of the woman.

She urged members of the general public to take into account the innocence and future of the child and help in efforts to obtain the mother and her relations.

The commissioner stated that any information regarding Adipe's whereabouts should be directed to the nearest police station or the Director of Social Welfare in the ministry, Mrs. Grace Adegoke.

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