A medical doctor has taken to social media to narrate how an elderly woman was admitted to his hospital and she did not get a single visit from any family member until she passed away.
According to the medical doctor, the elderly patient was asked about her children and she said she had six of them who were busy with their own lives.
He revealed that the children were aware their mother was ill but they continued with their busy lives until she di£d.
He said it was only after her death that they rushed to the hospital to inquire what happened.
The doctor wrote: “We admitted an elderly woman She said (she had) 6 children.
“But while on admission nobody came to see her
“We kept asking her mama will your children at least come see you.
“She kept saying that they were busy
“After she passed on, the 6 children came and asked what happened to her.”
The medical doctor’s story resonated with a nurse who also shared her own experience in the thread.
According to her, she also once nursed a man who was dying but had no family member to visit him.
The nurse, Amaka Okorji, wrote: “Ohhh, I had one patient like this. I held his hands till he passed on, no wife no child no family nothing, I did the cleaning, the clothing the bed side nursing and when he died, relatives started trooping in. Most of them were far away. It’s life sometimes loneliness is inevitable”