The state government had, on Saturday, April 4, announced free medical care in all its 27 hospitals in the wake of the Federal Government restriction order on Lagos, Ogun and FCT as Nigeria battles the global COVID-19 pandemic.
However the residents of Alimosho area of Lagos and other persons who had sought to take advantage of the free medical treatment promised by Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu have expressed frustrations and disappointments as the Alimosho General Hospital allegedly charges them for treatment.
The same is the situation at Ikorodu General Hospital where pregnant women are expected to buy Personal Protective Equipment before they would be taken in.
The hospital, findings revealed, also engaged in selective patient treatment, as against Sanwo-Olu’s express order for state-owned hospitals to treat emergency and casualty cases, as well as pregnant women and children.
Most of the complainers were traders, artisans, and indigent persons, including nursing mothers and pregnant women.
