Really!!! An Ivory Coast model who was brutally beaten in a taxi, slipped into a coma after being left untreated by hospital staff for more than 12 hours because no one was there to pay her $230 medical fees, her family claim. Awa Fadiga, 23, was attacked about 11pm in a cab taking her home to an upscale neighborhood in the capital, Yamoussoukro, on March 23. Two witnesses say they saw the locally famous fashion model being thrown out of the cab under a bridge, apparently unconscious. Firefighters rushed the young woman to the Central University Hospital where she was allegedly neglected before falling into a coma. She died two days later. Fadigas aunt, Sira Kone Fadiga who had raised her since she was five-years-old, said the family heard about the young womans injuries about 1pm the next day. She said the hospital refused to provide even basic care until someone came to pay for Fadigas treatment, showing bills amounting to around $230 for everything from medicine to sanitary gloves. We found her half-naked on the floor, in a coma. We had to use her grandmothers scarf to hide her breasts, she said. The hospital CT scan machine was down that day, so Fadigas family also had to pay for transport to a private clinic, Sira Kone Fadiga said. Fadigas death was caused by severe head injuries including a skull fracture sustained during the assault, according to the family and medical reports. Police are searching for the driver and have shown two portraits of the men who allegedly robbed and attacked Fadiga. Attacks in private taxis are fairly common, usually involving the driver and an accomplice who waits at an agreed-upon location to rob an unsuspecting passenger or is sometimes even hiding in the trunk. Read more: dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2603335/Fashion-model-23-dies-Ivory-Coast-hospital-vicious-late-night-attack-no-one-pay-230-medical-fees.html#ixzz2ymInIBfE
Posted on: Sun, 13 Apr 2014 14:50:20 +0000
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