An unidentified man has reportedly attacked health workers
in the University of Medical Science Teaching Hospital, UNIMED, complex in Akure,
Ondo State capital, over a high medical bill.
The middle-aged man slapped three health workers after
nurses on duty gave him his aged mother’s bill.
The man rained slaps on the health workers for being unable
to explain why his bill was so huge.
Reacting to the assault of the workers four security guards
beat up the man in return, dragged him out of the female ward and took him to
the Accident and Emergency ward.
Some health workers who spoke to the publication said that
the man became violent after he received his mother’s bill.
The matter allegedly escalated into a heated argument,
prompting the man to hit the health officers.
Meanwhile, in the process of dragging the man out of the
ward to an open space in front of the A & E ward, he sustained some minor
injuries on his right wrist, while his left eye was also swollen.
