REDDINGTON HOSPITAL SUED OVER EXTORTION

REDDINGTON HOSPITAL SUED OVER EXTORTION

BY ABDULMUMINI ADEKU.

An impeccable source has revealed albeit exclusively to The News Office Desk of Paedia Express Multimedia  Group in Lagos,Nigeria of Reddington Hospital in Lagos being sued by one of its patients over what the latter termed “deliberate extortion”

The source told this reporter that the patient who was suffering from an undisclosed ailment had been recommended to him at Our Friend Hospital also in Lagos,Nigeria for a poorly diagnosed and treated medical situation previously at high Street brand:Reddington Hospital .

The medical doctor told this reporter that the patient had  coughed out well over N4million to officials of Reddington Hospital without any solution to his health problems but quickly added that they treated the same condition with positive results for just N30,000 within a relatively shorter period.

The source explained that it was on the strength of this singular incident that made the patient to sue Reddington Hospital in annoyance without even any form of consultations on the matter.

According to the source, the patient was heavily charged financially because he worked at Chevron Petroleum in Lagos,Nigeria hence seen as very affluent.

Recently, this reporter was informed by several sources that private hospitals have a habit of asking pregnant women who ordinarily should have delivered freely and safely at Maternity and government medical facilities to pay through their noses so as to raise their revenue profiles.

The News office Desk of Paedia Express Multimedia Group in Lagos,Nigeria also learnt that recently at the General Hospital in Ifako-Ijaiye ,Lagos,Nigeria ,that his treatment of diabetes which was put at a N100,000 after over three months or thereabout of medical attention  was put at a million naira when the cost implications of being treated at a Lagos based private medical facility for just a week was taken into consideration during analysis.

As at press time, telephone calls made to Reddington Hospital in Lagos ,Nigeria from the stables of the News office Desk of Paedia Express Multimedia Group in Lagos, Nigeria has not yielded much dividends as there had been no connection at all due to what looked like a telecom network congestion.