When a private clinic and maternity home, Jola-Oluwa Medical Clinic, was started over 20years ago by Dr. Kayode Koyejo, it was a succour to residents of Ikotun and its environs.
The street where the clinic was located was named after it's founder, Rev. Dr. Kayode Koyejo because he was rendering selfless services to patients.
He was reputed for taking all cases brought before him as a challenge to ensure satisfactory medical attention, and that attracted several patients, both rich and poor to the clinic.
Little wonder he became a household name within a short time, and the reputation of the clinic was so high that he garnered several awards including 2006 best private health facilities on Immunization and Utilization Services award.
However, this benevolence was short lived as Kayode Koyejo, 64, died in a ghastly motor accident on the 9th of March 2012, as he was rushing to the clinic to attend to an emergency situation.
There were outbursts of emotion and anguish as residents of the area and other beneficiaries trooped to the clinic to mourn their hero.
Expectant mothers were worst hit by the cruel turn of events. Soon after his burial, his wife, a Matron at Ikotun Medical Centre, Titi, took over the responsibility of managing the clinic.
Unfortunately, barely a year after his demise, the centre could no longer hold. The high reputation of the clinic started to dwindle.
It started experiencing low patronage. Allegations began to trail the once highly recommended clinic, chief among them being the case of a 49-year- old man identified as Pere Douglass, who recently ran to the police for help over the treatment meted on his wife at the private clinic where she was delivered of a baby boy through caesarian operation.
My case
The Alabiri-Bayelsa State born businessman narrated his plight to Crime Guard. According to him, "Trouble started in February after my wife Ebiere Douglass, was delivered of our child on the 5th of February, through Cesarian operation. She had to remain at the clinic with the baby because I could not pay N150,000 medical bill.
My wife met Mrs Titilayo koyejo, sometime in December 2012, when she went to Ikotun Medical Centre to register for ante-natal. Mrs. Titilayo happens to be one of the matrons there. They became friends along the line,and Titilayo further referred my wife to register for ante-natal at her private clinic.
This, she did, in December. When she did not put to bed on the due date, she was asked to go for a second scan, which we did at Tejuosho laboratories here in Ikotun. It was at the laboratory that the doctor broke the news of the abnormal positioning of the baby in her womb, he also noticed that the water was dry; a situation that will cause difficulty in delivering the baby,and he said the only solution would be a Caesarian operation.
Unfortunately, I suffered colossal losses in my oil and gas business as I was duped of a huge amount of money, part of which I would have used to sort out this bill. I was left with no option but to watch my wife and baby stay back at the clinic because of my inability to pay the bill. Last Friday, she and our baby were thrown out of the room they occupied and they had to sleep at the reception for three days." for complete details comment or send an e-mail
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