Several patients with emergency cases are being rejected by the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital (LASUTH), as a result of congestion.

One of the patients turned back from the Surgical Emergency Department on Wednesday, died at the premises of the hospital.

The Surgical Emergency Department, since last week, started sending away emergency patients, due to shortage of bed space and the refusal of the management of the hospital to treat patients on wheel chairs or on the floor.

In recent times, the Surgical Emergency Department has been flooded by patients on the floor and wheel chairs waiting to take up any available bed space.

At midnight, Monday, a team of policemen rushed an accident patient to the Surgical Emergency Department, but doctors on duty refused to admit the patient on grounds that the management have directed that patients not on bed should not be treated.

The decision not to treat patients on the floor or wheel chair was taken when a patient, who was treated on a wheel chair complained of improper conduct of the doctor that handled his case.

This made the hospital management to suspend the Resident Doctor for one month without pay, a situation that did not go down well with other doctors.

A memo signed by Dr. G.P. Lasisi, President, Association of Resident Doctors, directed that the particular doctor who treated the patient on a wheel chair be suspended for one month without pay.

The memo banned all doctors from attending to patients not on the bed, pointing that it was against the ethics of the profession and warned that any doctor who violated the new order would be sanctioned.

One of the doctors told P.M.News that it was sad that the most gentle doctor in the Surgical Emergency Department was suspended for trying to save the life of a patient by treating the patient on a wheel chair.

It was because of that episode that the hospital decided to turn back patients as a result of congestion in the hospital.

P.M.News could also report that most of the doctors and nurses in the Surgical Emergency Department have become terribly hostile, barking and yelling at patients and visitors.

One of the doctors once threatened to embarrass a visitor if he did not leave his presence immediately, just because the visitor told the doctor to come to the aid of a patient groaning in pains.

P.M.News also observed that there is gross shortage of manpower at LASUTH, and this has made the doctors and nurses to be hostile to patients and visitors because of the large number of people they have to attend to.

walata44:

And Yara dua is having medical checkup in Saudi Arabia on tax payer money. 

walata44:

And Yara dua is having medical checkup in Saudi Arabia on tax payer money.

MrCrackles:

This is bleeped up. . . The whole shit stinks and i am miffed!

walata44:

And Yara dua is having medical checkup in Saudi Arabia on tax payer money.

MrCrackles:

This is bleeped up. . . The whole shit stinks and i am miffed!

is people like black revo that will go back and sue when they are treated under a mango tree. Shame no dey catcg una, so wartime is a perfect comparison to the nigerian situation. Medicine if you haven't noticed has a medicolegal aspect, dont touch what you cant manage adequately or it's jail time for. The human nature has taught doctors a lesson and i'm glad that they're adapting, Humanitarian my foot. Thank God you now realise that there's a shortage in manpower. next time if they ask for more pay, attack them

nwachi2:

pls i suggest dat yaradua should not take much blame because dis is a government dat had be damage by obasinjo and his group for morethan 40yrs.so we need patient and prayer for reformation.  

illusion2:

Really sad indeed, . . . . . .

Oluschenco:

I dont blame him because professionals are not appointed to posts, but everything in Nigeria is now Political, even to have a good GF, you must sabi person.