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Schmidt Klinik in Wiesbaden, Germany, where First Lady Patience
Jonathan is presently being treated has confirmed that she would not be
discharged so soon, a development that is contrary to frequent reports
from the presidency that the ailing first lady would return to the
country by the end of this week.
One of the consultants with President Jonathan’s wife told our
foreign correspondent during a telephone dialogue on Wednesday that the
condition of the ailing first lady had not improved up to the
expectations of the medical team.
Although the consultant who did not want her name to be mentioned
disclosed that the presidency was making serious efforts for Mrs
Jonathan to be discharged before the end of this week so she could
travel with the president to New York where she will be expected to lead
some side events at the ongoing 67th United Nations General Assembly.
During the telephone dialogue that lasted about five minutes, the
source further said there was no way the ailing first lady could be
discharged now as a result of her unstable health situation, stressing
that the management of the hospital had communicated with the federal
government in writing as regards the impossibility of discharging her as
proposed by the presidency.
She said: “They wanted us to discharge Mrs Patience Jonathan but we
have notified the Nigerian government through its embassy here that we
will not be able to discharge our patient at this time because her
situation is not stable. We still need to monitor her very well before
we can ask her to proceed on any long distance trip.
“Our response to the Nigerian government as regards the condition of
our client here was communicated through the Nigerian embassy in
Germany. We cannot discharge her now. She has to remain with us until
her deteriorating health condition improves.”