In a situation that could easily have ended in distress, Precious Mathew found help where she least expected it — at a police station and ultimately, through the compassion of a doctor who chose to forgive her debt.
For Precious, a resident of the Ogooluwa area behind Owode Market, Owode-Yewa, the pain of losing her baby after a Caesarean Section was compounded by a hospital bill she could not afford to pay.
She had undergone the procedure at Longe Hospital Medical Centre, Sabo, Owode-Yewa, on June 30, but her baby did not survive.
The total bill for her treatment came to N400,000. Having managed to pay N100,000, she was left with an outstanding balance of N300,000, an amount she had no way of raising.
On September 13, 2026, with the debt still hanging over her, Precious approached the Owode-Yewa Police Division for help.
Rather than allow the situation to escalate, the matter was brought to the attention of the Ogun State Commissioner of Police, CP Olubode Bode Ojajuni, who intervened personally.
He contacted the doctor, Dr Babanki Samuel, and appealed to him to consider the woman's circumstances.
The appeal changed everything.
After hearing Precious's story, Dr Samuel voluntarily waived the entire N300,000 outstanding bill, allowing the bereaved woman to leave without the financial burden hanging over her.
There was no confrontation or recrimination instead, the police intervention created room for dialogue, while the doctor responded with compassion to a woman already dealing with the devastating loss of her child.
For Precious, the N300,000 was more than an unpaid hospital bill. It was another burden added to the grief of losing her baby.
But through the intervention of the police and the generosity of the doctor, that burden was lifted.
The Ogun State Police Command has since expressed appreciation to Dr Samuel for his humanity and generosity.
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