Good day Nairalanders! Its been a while, isn't it?

Today, I will be sharing with you the typical life of a Nigerian Medical Student.

Here is just the typical life of almost every Nigerian Medical Student from Birth to Graduate.

When I was born, the plan was to be a baby girl for life and literally too. First day I heard…
“you suck breast too much, I can’t wait for you to grow up”.

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But you see, life’s not fair, I started walking and people started throwing around words like “responsible”, “house chore” etc.

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School started and everything was smooth until I got to senior secondary class.

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Science class or art class or commercial class?

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Decided science class and then my mother decided to tell mummy Biola that always has an opinion about everything. Mummy Biola went..

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And then, “this girl that likes to talk a lot, she should be a lawyer”.

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Meanwhile, I was like..

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So time for JAMB, I studied the brochure.

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I concluded on Medicine and Surgery. So first year in school, I was ready. New baffs, who this?

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Year 1 was a breeze!

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Year 2, Anatomy lecturer said “look beside you, that’s your competition”.

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Big texts, human bones, people started calling me “D Doctorrrrrrr”, I started..

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First test and our scores were pasted on the notice board, when I saw my score..

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Year 2 to year 3 break, went home and dad introduced me as a doctor to his friends, I was like..

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Year 3. Restrategized and was ready.

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I wasn’t going to fail anymore because..

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First professional exam.

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Meanwhile, family and friends were very expectant.

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Results were released and yay! I passed.

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Time for wardcoat and actually dealing with real humans.

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Things took a different turn. Each Consultant* had their rule.

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When you resume in the morning, then you get to the clinic and there are no patients.

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And the Consultant announces an impromptu wardround “to keep you busy”.

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Consultant then asks “Whose patient is this?!” and you have not clerked.

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But you signed for your clerking* partner in exchange for him to clerk your patient but he still didn’t clerk.

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Consultant starts insulting you and your ancestors and a Registrar* now puts mouth.

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After you finish chopping that insult from your Consultant.

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Then, the person that was meant to clerk comes to say sorry to you.

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When you get to the hospital early the following day to clerk the patient and are feeling quite confident..

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You finish presenting and the Consultant asks if you’ve seen a stupid person before and you reply..


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