A middle-aged woman was assaulted by her landlady.
Imabong William, a lady from Enugwu-Ukwu in Anambra State’s Njikoka Local Government Area, is now pleading with Nigerians and the state’s governor, Prof. Chukwuma Soludo, for assistance.
William, from Akwa Ibom State, has been undergoing treatment at Zion Hospital, Nawfia, in Njikoka LGA, since August 17, when her landlord reportedly spilled boiling water laced with pepper on her during a rent increase dispute.
The event is said to have occurred at Enugwu-Ukwu, and the landlady, Amaka Okonkwo, is presently in police prison in connection with it.
William, who spoke to reporters on Saturday, claimed she still had scald burn agony since the hospital had stopped providing her meds for nearly a month owing to her mounting medical expenditures.
According to her, she owes the hospital N650,000 and is unable to pay.
She said, “I have been in the hospital for over three months; though I’m healing gradually, I still feel pain. The doctor brought my bill last month, and it has accumulated to N650,000.
“I am a trader; I do not have money anywhere to pay the bill, which was why the hospital stopped giving me any medications and treatment.
“I called the Ministry of Women and Social Welfare because they brought me to the hospital, and they have not come to check on me since then.
“But the woman who answered the call said the ministry does not pay medical bills and that their job is to prosecute the offender. She told me to go and source for funds on my own.
“I am really confused. Even feeding has been difficult, and my two-year-old baby, who is staying with me in the hospital, is not safe because she can contract disease here.
William, however, appealed to the state governor, his wife, and other well-meaning Nigerians to come to her aid.
“I appeal to Governor Chukwuma Soludo and his wife, Dr Nonye Soludo, the Commissioner for Women and Social Welfare, and well-meaning individuals to come to my aid.
“A lot of people have advised me to meet the wife of the governor. Some advised that I should write, but truly, I am not finding it easy.
“Whatever the government feels that it can do in order to assist is welcome; my health and life depend on it,” she added.
A staff of the hospital who pleaded anonymity told journalists that they moved her from the private where she was treated to a maternity ward and that they stopped her medication to avoid the accumulation of her medical bill.
