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Fans of veteran actor, Victor Olaotan will not forget in a hurry the day he was involved in a ghastly accident. Sadly, the ‘Tinsel’ actor still needs funds to regain his health.
In a chat with Punch, his wife, Julia, noted that she has to pay the debt owed the hospital.
According to her: “Right now, we have to complete his treatment and return to Nigeria, and that will cost a lot of money. I also have to pay the debt owed the hospital. Since August, I haven’t paid any money. Right now, the hospital has stopped treatment and providing any kind of care for him. For his treatment to be continued, I have to pay a minimum of about $250,000”.
Speaking further, Julia added gave an explanation about how the funds donated by Femi Otedola was spent.
“Richard Mofe-Damijo reached out to Femi Otedola concerning Victor and he (Otedola) joined those that lent a helping hand. The bill that the hospital sent was over 96,000 Euros and that included having to airlift him out of the country. Because of his condition, he couldn’t be flown like a regular person but as a medical patient. Mr. Otedola paid every single dime. He forwarded the money directly to a hospital in Turkey. We had initially planned to take him to India but some doctors kicked against it and said India wasn’t the best option.
However, the hospital hadn’t seen (and assessed) him before sending us the bill. They just had his medical reports. (When he got there), other tests were done. After a successful first procedure, Olaotan improved tremendously and the hospital proposed that we should go for the remaining two procedures. After the bill Otedola paid expired, we stated paying $7,500 every month. In the hospital where he is, he was doing everyday physiotherapy and other necessary things. We had planned that by March 2020, he should be home. All the funds that were raised have been used to foot his medical bills after the one paid by Mr. Otedola expired.