On May 18, Hikmat’llah Oni walked into an ear care centre after battling pain in her throat for a couple of days. On getting there, she learned that the hospital card, which previously cost her ₦1000, was now ₦1500. As someone battling a chronic health condition, she wonders what that will mean for her life […]
Read MoreAdetayo Sadiq, 42, has had to depend on his wife and well-wishers to sustain his family of five since he broke his leg about two years ago. One morning in Dec. 2022, as he made to cross a highway, a bike on the wrong lane ran into him. In February, after spending two months in […]
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Yomi Adedokun’s* mother has been discharged prematurely from the hospital she is in, due to the strike action of National Association of Resident Doctors (NARD). Adedokun’s 50-year-old mother is suffering from bipolar affective disorder, a condition associated with episodes of mood swings ranging from depressive lows to abnormal high levels of energy. When she’s at […]
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