Wild Jubilation As Unubiko Foundation Clears Hospital Bills For Indigent Persons In FMC Umuahia [VIDEO]
....said the gesture is to enable the indigent one's return to their homes
A Non-Governmental Humanitarian Organization, UNUBIKO FOUNDATION, has defrayed bills of many indigent persons, who could not clear their hospital bills at the Federal Medical Centre, (FMC), Umuahia, Abia State after being discharged.
The Founder/ Chairman of UNUBIKO FOUNDATION, Chief Chijioke James Ume (Ike Abam), represented by Engr. Dr. Okoro Christopher Kalu, said the donations were made to help the needy, less privileged and indigent one’s return to their homes, reunite with their families and resume their normal life.
The Foundation also paid the bills of people from Arochukwu/Ohafia Federal Contitency who were on admission at the hospital.
One of the beneficiaries, Mrs. Njasi Agwu, from Ohafia, said that if not for Ike Abam’s intervention, her hope of returning to her house any time soon would have been totally impossible.
Mrs. Njasi who disclosed that she was discharged weeks ago but detained because of her inability to raise the balance of ₦601,000, prayed God to bless the Foundation and her Founder, Chief James Chijioke Ume for their kind gestures.
Another beneficiary, Jombo Goodness, who was at Ludlow ward, expressed joy to God Almighty for bringing an Angel in human form to pay her hospital bill. She disclosed that she was discharged on 9th of June, 2023 but was unable to raise ₦309,000 balance. She described Ike Abam as a Messiah sent by God to help people like her.
Similarly, Mrs. Enyinnaya Akudo, who benefited from the philanthropic gesture of the Foundation, was overwhelmed with joy when the news of the payment of the hospital bill of ₦411,000 ) got to her. Mrs Akudo, and other patients in the ward thanked God for bringing UNUBIKO Foundation to their aid.
Responding, the Chief Medical Director of FMC Umuahia, Prof. Onyebuchi Azubuike, represented by the Executive Officer, Medical Social Welfare, FMC Umuahia, Mr. Anosike Uche, commended UNUBIKO FOUNDATION and her Founder, Chief Chijioke James Ume (Ike Abam) for the noble and humanitarian gestures and prayed God to reward him more abundantly.