PLACENTA SALES NOW A BOOMING BUSINESS IN NIGERIAN HOSPITALS…One is sold for N1.5million
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Madam, I can help you raise money to pay your
hospital bill, if you can give me your placenta.
” This was the statement of a middle aged man
identified as Segun who specialises in buying and
selling of placenta.
It was then that he told me that he is a placenta
collector and that he would pay as much as N500, 000.
“I thought he was joking till he brought out his
cheque book, it was at that point that I started shouting.
He ran away before people started gathering around.
He claimed that he is a regular visitor in the
hospital and used to deal with nurses but in recent times,
the families demand their placenta after delivery.”
Also narrating her own encounter with one of the
placenta collectors on the prowl, a nurse,
Patricia (surname withheld) who works in a
hospital at Mafoluku area of Oshodi,
claimed that she was actually offered N2.5million
to supply placenta to a certain landlord who lives
close to the hospital. She said: “He is popularly known as
Baba Saheed and owns a house few blocks after
the hospital. One day, he called me and asked
me if he can buy placenta from the hospital.
Although both cases point to a possible act of illegality,
findings show that placenta is believed by some
communities to have power over the lives of the
baby or its parents.
In China and Hongkong, the placenta is eaten,
a practice known as placentophagy. It was also
learnt that a company in Japan makes a drink
called “Placenta Drink” which contains placenta.
A laboratory scientist, Professor Sam Sokunbi
argued that those collectors could be using them
medically as it is in popular demand. He said “every
production company believes in result and
considering the benefits that could be accrued in the use of placenta, anything can be offered to get the product especially from a human being.
We cannot pretend that there are no evil men in the
world but the truth remains that there is demand for
placenta in Nigeria among the production
companies. All they need to do is to enlighten
Nigerians so that they can willingly offer their
placenta for a certain price. We live in a
world which believes so much in spirituality.”
Excerpts from Mojidee2
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