Our Hospitals Should Focus On Saving Lives, Not Payment – Beat FM’s Gbemi

Popular Beat FM OAP, Gbemi Olateru Olagbegi has jumped on Twitter to share her experience at a hospital as she reacted to a conversation about medical companies asking for money before treating patients.

Gbemi believes the primary focus should be on treating patients first, before money.

According to her, she was recently admitted to a hospital, and as they were setting the drip, she saw a P.O.S in her room for a 200K deposit to be made, despite the fact that she was in severe pain.

She added that the hospitals should calm down and save lives before anything else.

Her words, “You go to a hospital in pain and while receiving treatment – they bring the bill for registration . Damn! Can you chill ? They want to admit you and ask you to drop 150k deposit . Kilode ???

“I remember being admitted at a hospital last year, while they were setting the drip (I.V) , they brought the P.O.S into the room and asked for a 200k deposit. I was in a lot of pain and bleeding.”

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Gbemi Olateru Olagbegi is a Nigerian broadcaster and presenter known for presenting programmes and The Beat 99.9 FM. She won on-air personality of the year at the 2008 Future Awards and, as part of Nigerian group The Unrulies, was nominated again at the 2009 awards; that year she also co-hosted the Future Awards ceremony with comedian Jedidiah. She is a celebrity model for Soul Mate hair products. She is currently program director for Naija FM 102.7FM, An indigenous radio station.

Gbemi was born on July 18, 1984 as an Omoba of the Olagbegi family in Owo, a city in Ondo State, southwestern Nigeria. She attended Pampers private school, Surulere, and Nigerian Navy Secondary School, Ojo. She also attended Queens college, Yaba before she proceeded to Oakland University, where she received a bachelor’s degree in Mass Communication. She obtained a master’s degree in Media and Communication from Pan African University, Lagos State in 2009.

The future awards 2008 – “On Air Personality of the Year”. She also ‘Dynamix Awards’ for Radio Presenter of the year in 2008. She also won the “Green Awards for Excellence” for the radio category that same year. In 2009, she won the “Exquisite Lady of the Year” award for “Best female radio presenter” and in 2010, she was nominated again for “The Future Awards”. She won the City People Awards & The Nigerian Media Merit Awards in 2016 for On Air Personality of the Year.