laudate:


Na dis kind thing I no dey like! Why on earth are you calling him a liar??! Do you think all your medical colleagues are saints?? I used to have asthma growing up and I have made it a point of duty to learn about the kind of stuff that I am allergic to, so that I can avoid them like a plague.

I was once prescribed Septrin many years back by a doctor, and when I complained to him that I was allergic to Septrin, guess what he said? I "should manage it," as they don't have any other drug in stock, that would cure the ailment I had at that time. I threw the drugs away, sharp-sharp. And promptly went to another hospital for treatment.

I have had relatives and friends whose condition took a turn for the worse, due to the negligence of doctors.

A few years back, an elderly relative was rushed to a private hospital near his house in Lagos, with a high fever at 8p.m at night. He was admitted and given some drugs by the doctor on duty, before he left that evening.

The following morning, the next doctor on duty did not attend to this patient until 11a.m when the patient's sister-in-law came in with his food. She then started running around calling the doctor. The doctor checked him up, did some bloodwork and stated that the patient needed a blood transfusion.

Money was coughed out promptly or released on the spot to the hospital, (almost 60k for two pints of blood) at 11.30 am. Until 4p.m when that patient eventually died, no doctor attended to him again despite the sister-in-law's complaints, and the blood transfusion was NOT even done, as there was no blood delivered to the hospital to be given to the patient. 'We are still trying to get the blood,' was all they said. It was extremely painful. His family was thrown into grief. How would you classify this case?

. U have also demonstrated same issue the previous person did wrong. One hospital on your street can as a matter of fact be run by a pe,rson without MBBS or its equivalent... and please give me a name and stop this them say them say gist. When u starry stating facts then I will start to educate you on how to confirm if indeed you were seen by a doctor Orr not. No be everybody wet wearr ward coat be doctorr. Shikena

Oduduwaboy:

You failed to provide answers to the modest questions my lil tensed up friend!Anyway you are just one of the funny mob. How can any rational & complete being begin to judge a case by hearing just one side? Its wrong. The single story is never the whole story. Sorry i picked your post...it was just a random choice; you are the representative of the majority of the irrational posts blaming nigerian doctors for all the deaths that ever occured among their friends & families.

Hmmmmm ok... but what other story do the hospital administrators want to say......?

Chiaka won't like to read ds...

slimbj:
. U have also demonstrated same issue the previous person did wrong. One hospital on your street can as a matter of fact be run by a pe,rson without MBBS or its equivalent... and please give me a name and stop this them say them say gist. When u starry stating facts then I will start to educate you on how to confirm if indeed you were seen by a doctor Orr not. No be everybody wet wearr ward coat be doctorr. Shikena

Hi, trust me these hospitals were not run by quacks, neither did they engage unqualified personnel. The first one I went to was a federal medical centre, in the community where I served as a youth corper. I am not sure that the management would hire a quack doctor to attend to their patients. Pls note that I was not attended to by a pharmacist or a nurse, o! In fact, when I complained to the pharmacist on duty who issued the drugs that I was allergic to Septrin, he was shocked that the doctor prescribed it to me. He was the one who insisted that I take the drugs and go back to the doctor to lodge a complaint, so that he can write another prescription for a different set of drugs for me.

The second one where my relative died, was a private hospital run by a well-known organisation in Lagos, right next door to a catholic church and is used by more than half of the residents in that area. Courses that form part of the continuing medical education for medical doctors, are run in that hospital. The medical director is a well-known consultant with several years of experience, and was a visiting lecturer to a medical school within a top university, in the past. Would he knowingly hire a non-medical person to treat patients??

Please take the blinkers off,and stop defending your medical colleagues blindly. Quite a number of them are incompetent. The fact that you have an MBBS does not mean you are infallible. I know the difference between a nurse and a doctor, o!

Chaz B was a post renal transplant patient, he has had two major medical issues after the transplant which necessitated a laparotomy . Before we kill the hospital and the doctors, few people need to understand prognosis of renal transplant.

In America where best medical care is obtainable, 5 year survival chance is about 80% if post transplant treatment is carried out in the same center. He had his transplant in India, he had to fly back for another surgery few weeks after the transplant in India. Post renal Care in Nigeria was not too good, i am sure he did not get the necessary post renal support he needed.

one thing a renal transplant patient needs to be wary of are symptoms and signs of rejection. Chaz B's body had rejected the kidney and he had signs that were clear. so what was his post transplant treatment and follow up like? Nephrologists, General surgeon , cardiologists , Dietitian ( very important ) , Internal physician asides immunosuppressants.

He probably had uremia as a result of poor kidney function, Intestinal obstruction as a result of Lymphocele , complications of the renal transplant itself and laparotomy he had few weeks after his transplant.

FLUID THERAPY - in a patient with evidence of renal shut down not the best option.
ANALGESICS - no way

NG TUBE INSERTION ? - maybe to empty the content of the stomach , but the reason for the abdominal distention was most like fluid retention as a result of chronic renal failure.

UREMIA - only urgent dialysis could have saved him , but was he stable enough for the procedure? UREA shuts down the heart and brain in minutes.

Respiratory distress - Pulmonary edema, aspiration. This sums up a bad case, which St. Nicholas wasn't prepared for. Are the consultants full time employees of St Nicholas or part time. What is the working hours stated in the employment offer. Most doctors work 3 jobs to keep body and soul together, so dishing out instructions via the phone is part of the modus operandi.


only few hospitals can afford to keep 4 consultants on physical call every night, i doubt if there is anyone in Lagos. The healthcare system is messed up, poor training , poor remuneration , poor financing , poor and obsolete equipment. Government will not finance training , banks will not finance equipment purchase. Banks will rather finance oil and gas, shopping malls and telecoms projects.

Is Dr. Kevwe at fault? No. He transferred the case to his superiors who were supposed to take over.

we are quick to descend on doctors every time without critical analysis. so many Nigerian doctors have been 'bashed' away to other countries. Australia is recruiting them daily paying them up to 4600 dollars weekly, UK wants them , US and UAE. You down here call them block head.

Chaz B's case was bad, what he needed was a multi disciplinary team in a word class facility to save him. This is at today is not available in Nigeria.

duduade:
most of the doctors that are been churned out of the universities are blockheads... thats a fact we all know. Fidgeting people. No confidence and na so they go dey pose up and down..

I think it's better you guys don't come to d hospital again if you so much believe we're dat terrible. peeps like us in general Hospital will be very grateful for it...

or what do you think?

lebete3000:
I think it's better you guys don't come to d hospital again if you so much believe we're dat terrible. peeps like us in general Hospital will be very grateful for it...

or what do you think?

Can you imagine the silly comments you have made here?? Did anyone force you to study medicine??

"Those of you in General Hospital would be very grateful" indeed...it appears that you fall into that class of lazy, incompetent doctors who see patients as a burden, and are unwilling to take responsibility for anything. Nonsense! Any little thing now, they will go on strike. Yeye people!

maoolakanm:
WHEN YOU PUT TOO MUCH HOPE ON MERE MORTALS.NO PLACE WHERE SHE MENTIONED AND I SAY A WORD OF PRAYER. HMMMMN PRAYER STILL WORKS

Ode!
Do you know her?
You think its your prayer that is keeping you alive.

Self-righteous Christian....SMH

I lost my beloved siste in the hands of one of these quacks. She went to a hospital somewhere around agege to complain of a case of fistula.
before she could say Jack rob, one so called rheumatologist in the hospital was on her case. The consultant gave my sister one of the strongest type of immunosuppressant.
Some days later when a pharmacist friend of my mum came visiting, she screamed when she saw the pack of the drug on our dinning table and asked who the drug was for, she then immediately ask my sister to stop taking the drug but it was too late cause her kidney packed up which i got to know about the next day at the hospital. Now this is the interesting part. When we went back to the hospital to complain, the first thing that the doctor did was to do a test just to confirm renal failure and before we could even blink he had already referred us to one DIALYSER CLINIC near oshodi bus stop and insisted on us taking her there, it was just obvious the hospital at agege had an understanding with the DIALYSER CLINIC to pack up as many kidneys as they can and reffer same to them.
All this happened around 2008 and at the dialysis clinic she had to do close to 5 or 6 sessions of dialysis in a week and each session cost 25000. I lost my sister about 3months after.

After I lost my sister I was in the process of arranging the extermination of the consultant but along the line was advised to leave vengeance to God

laudate:


Hi, trust me these hospitals were not run by quacks, neither did they engage unqualified personnel. The first one I went to was a federal medical centre, in the community where I served as a youth corper. I am not sure that the management would hire a quack doctor to attend to their patients. Pls note that I was not attended to by a pharmacist or a nurse, o! In fact, when I complained to the pharmacist on duty who issued the drugs that I was allergic to Septrin, he was shocked that the doctor prescribed it to me. He was the one who insisted that I take the drugs and go back to the doctor to lodge a complaint, so that he can write another prescription for a different set of drugs for me.

The second one where my relative died, was a private hospital run by a well-known organisation in Lagos, right next door to a catholic church and is used by more than half of the residents in that area. Courses that form part of the continuing medical education for medical doctors, are run in that hospital. The medical director is a well-known consultant with several years of experience, and was a visiting lecturer to a medical school within a top university, in the past. Would he knowingly hire a non-medical person to treat patients??

Please take the blinkers off,and stop defending your medical colleagues blindly. Quite a number of them are incompetent. The fact that you have an MBBS does not mean you are infallible. I know the difference between a nurse and a doctor, o!

I like that you are quick to make assumptions.exactly where did I state I am in anyway connected to medicine?? It's pretty hot out here. Enjoy your afternoon

I THINK THE GUY WAS BATTLING WITH KIDNEY FAILURE BEFORE. SHE SHOULD JUST FORGET AND MOVE ON INSTEAD OF ATTACHING EMOTIONAL TRAUMA FOR SOMETHING THAT YOU CANT CONTROL.
PEOPLE MISQUOTING MY STAND SHOULD UNDERSTAND ME BETTER
IT HAS HAPPENED, SO VERY PAINFUL. I REALLY MISSED THE GUY, BUT SHE MUST MOVE ON. SHE MUST NOT ALLOW SUCH THINGS TO WEIGH HER DOWN BEING A WOMAN. SHE MIGHT INJURE HER SELF EMOTIONALLY AND NOT REALLY GOOD FOR HER HEALTH ALSO.IF SHE KEPT NURSING THE PAIN LIKE THIS. IT IS PAINFUL FROM HER TONE BUT SHE MUST BE STRONG FOR NOW, UNLESS DEPRESSION WILL SET IN , AND YOU KNOW WHAT THIS CAN LEAD TO.
SOMEONE SAID BECAUSE I DIDNT LOSE CLOSE ONE, THAT IS WHY I TYPED LIKE THAT. I HAVE HAD SIMILAR EXPERIENCE LOOSING BOTH PARENTS AND A BROTHER WITHIN FEW MONTHS INTERVAL. MY MUM CASE WAS EVEN WORSE, IN THE HOSPITALS WE WENT THROUGH. I KNEW WHAT I WENT THROUGH. I WAS SUICIDAL AND NEARLY DIE OF HBP BEING A TEENAGER THEN, SERIOUSLY DEPRESSED AND NEARLY RAN MAD. THEN I GAINED ADMISSION THEN TO UNIVERSITY AND GOD TOOK CONTROL.
CAN I CHANGE THE PAST....NO
CAN I MOVE ON..... YES
.....GET MY POINT.

If we keep on accepting ill manners to be thwarted ,would it stop or better still decrease the menace from not happening, Chaz B would have been saved if the Doctor knew what to do at the right time.
A lot of people have been murdered through these acts of negligence from our Medical doctors.

Is this how we will be doing.

Are we the first to accept these christian doctrines gan sef.if anything happen like that,that's when you will see some mofos admonishing the family of the deceased to accept it like that,accept what.
Sue anything sue-able,next time they won't toy with human lives.

laudate:


Can you imagine the silly comments you have made here?? Did anyone force you to study medicine??

"Those of you in General Hospital would be very grateful" indeed...it appears that you fall into that class of lazy, incompetent doctors who see patients as a burden, and are unwilling to take responsibility for anything. Nonsense! Any little thing now, they will go on strike. Yeye people!

There's no need for the unwarranted insult, if one feels a Chemist is better at a job dan a Medic, the logical thing to do is to simply go see d Chemist which is what I simply requested you guys to do...it simply makes no sense rushing to a hospital when you know you'll still insult the doctor and say a Chemist is better dan him....it's better you go where you have faith in.

There's simply no reason for you to visit a hospital except something is wrong with you upstairs. We in d general hospital will say a big thank you for that as it will be a good riddance!

reflx:
sad that after surviving a kidney transplant, he died due to negligence....
i weep for my country. a state of emergency needs to be declared in the health sector ASAP
as Piers Morgan once said "with this deaths we lose a vital part of our common existence, a part of our collective soul has just been lost"


as a medic..could easily have been acute abdomen...he could have benefited easily from admission, an Nasogastric tube, a urinary catheter and close monitoring of his vitals through the night, while awaiting blood work and radiology (which should be available 24/7 in emergency centres)
lack of emergency protocols is killing my people! the doctor relies on book knowledge and intuition when medicine is both science and an art. recognise the symptoms and then treat or refer if beyond the scope of your practice. SHIKENA!

will u shut ur stinking traps, what do u know about medical practise? Ur statements here tells how amateur u are; u should concentrate on passing ur exams instead of being silly online... gush; feel like giving u a hot slap!!!

Now I thank God for this forum being an online one...(some persons could make u do some things) **spits**

lebete3000:


I think it's better you guys don't come to d hospital again if you so much believe we're dat terrible. peeps like us in general Hospital will be very grateful for it...

or what do you think?

....the worst I have come across in recent time. If this is who you are ,writing this as a medic.....I can't imagine what kinda person you'll be and how bad of an attitude you've got.You can sleep and wake in the hospital for as long as you want without patients simply because a woman feels her husband was neglected till he died.To be a quack is one thing,to be an uncompassionate and non-challant consultant is another thing.....

missyadorable:
Women and everlasting emotional attachment to men

Almost one year after,she is still hurting

If na she die,the man for don forget her since and remarry.No time

Abeg madam,move on.nothing will bring your husband back to life!
HE IS GONE forever!

And that is your take on the matter? Would have lovedto see the expression on your face when you wrote this...don't even know what to qualify your statement with! Jesus!

Another issue in Nigeria is the persistent nature of being overwhelmed. Few professionals exist and fewer are dedicated. There has to be a change mentality and our politicians need to be tasked with expanding medical facilities. The medical staff need to be rededicated.

Swissheart:
....the worst I have come across in recent time. If this is who you are ,writing this as a medic.....I can't imagine what kinda person you'll be and how bad of an attitude you've got.You can sleep and wake in the hospital for as long as you want without patients simply because a woman feels her husband was neglected till he died.To be a quack is one thing,to be an uncompassionate and non-challant consultant is another thing.....

There's nothing like nonchalance.....it is instead hypocrisy on your own part to denigrate a Doctor to a point of a quack chemist and even confirm him as being inferior to the chemist and even patronizing the Chemist only to bring your health battered condition to the same Doctor you ridiculed and den when he tries his best and fails, you continue to bash him and yet continue to patronize him.

I'm simply telling you what a straightforward person like me and not a hypocrite like you will do which is to stop coming to the hospital and go get your treatment elsewhere so we can have peace of mind. Enough of all the crap, the Doctor of this generation is too sophisticated for that but you all are still too slow to get that.

otokx:
Another issue in Nigeria is the persistent nature of being overwhelmed. Few professionals exist and fewer are dedicated. There has to be a change mentality and our politicians need to be tasked with expanding medical facilities. The medical staff need to be rededicated.

How will they be rededicated? With all d governmental hypocrisy and gullibility of the masses by taking sides with the same govt milking them dry.

cescky:


Dollypatron

Firstly, ur a baby christian, because God didn't say believe of have faith in God for you to get answrrs to prayers...he said believe and believe WHAT? That you have your petion...hence the statement, "let it be unto you as thou has believe" that was to the blind beggars..where ever in the bible did you see or hear jesus say according to MY faith or the disciples faith be it unto u...hoep u catch my drift? So u see u that's is a christian that owns faith don't use or understand it, but an atheist like branson, we tell about his success based on his believeing(unciouss practice of faith)...but u don't gerrit.

Pls its not at this junction pls find the correct word and pls do have yourself a good day, wheather I have a brain or not you decide

Your problem is that you don't put things into perspective.
And this particular post is incoherent.
Shallom.

lebete3000:


There's nothing like nonchalance.....it is instead hypocrisy on your own part to denigrate a Doctor to a point of a quack chemist and even confirm him as being inferior to the chemist and even patronizing the Chemist only to bring your health battered condition to the same Doctor you ridiculed and den when he tries his best and fails, you continue to bash him and yet continue to patronize him.

I'm simply telling you what a straightforward person like me and not a hypocrite like you will do which is to stop coming to the hospital and go get your treatment elsewhere so we can have peace of mind. Enough of all the crap, the Doctor of this generation are too sophisticated for that but you all are still too slow to get that.

....just as i expected.......you think you know what you saying?....if you are sophisticated as u claim.......get your services down to those who appreciate it.sophisticated medic of the year!

That guy was sent by God men. He soothed me. The other guys, just made me loose taste for the show. They are trying to be, they are yet to catch the vision Chaz B had. When I heard he died, I didn't even weep, he had done what God asked him to come do. May his soul rest in peace.

Kayoski:

true ..
although the other guys are trying but they arent Charles...
my love for the show has diminished since his exit..
His voice alone was like an healing balm to a dying soul....
we love him but God who took him away loves him more...

Raymondenyi:
will u shut ur stinking traps, what do u know about medical practise? Ur statements here tells how amateur u are; u should concentrate on passing ur exams instead of being silly online... gush; feel like giving u a hot slap!!!

Now I thank God for this forum being an online one...(some persons could make u do some things) **spits**

hello ray,
sad you chose to insult yourself rather. as one doctor to another please mind your language and show respect.
if you clearly read my points, i simply offered my opinion and did not label or cuss anyone.
please if that's all you have to say then don't quote me. our opinions may differ that's why we have clinical conferences but never be rude.
the ABC's of emergency management still apply....
A-Airway: did our colleague ensure that Mr Charles maintained a patent airway?
B-Breathing: did he ensure that his breathing was efficient? was there need for oxygen even via nasal prongs
C-Circulation: did his vitals necessitate augmentation with IV fluids? if not...there was no need battling to set up an IV line just then, except if he wanted to take a sample for blood chemistry.
For your information i'm an emergency medicine specialist.

With this sorry account and high level of lack professionalism in our hospital, anyone that loves his life and can afford it would definitely fly abroad for proper medical attention.
May God give us good health and divinely heal those in pain.

Toksytoks:

Respiratory distress - Pulmonary edema , aspiration. This sums up a bad case,

Chaz B's case was bad, what he needed was a multi disciplinary team in a word class facility to save him. This is at today is not available in Nigeria.

I can relate to the bolded condition as i had this recently (post pregnancy complication). what saved me was a ''multi disciplinary team in a world class facility'' and most importantly God.

I had senior consultants - gynaecologists, cardiologists and even other professionals i had never heard of all around me in minutes. In less than 12 hours, I had done all manners of tests including a CT scan and Echocardiogram not forgetting the various blood tests that were conducted.

I do moan about the 'crazy' taxes i pay here but for once, I was thankful as I saw my taxes in ''action'' as taxes are used by the government to fund healthcare.

Nigeria has a long way to do regarding healthcare. If something can be done to end corruption, then taxes will be used more judiciously especially in the healthcare sector.

Came to read comments...

DollyParton1:


Your problem is that you don't put things into perspective.
And this particular post is incoherent.
Shallom.

lool

point of correction, its too deep for you.

try reading it last thing at night, your subconcious will reveal the wealth of information i just dished out

I THINK THE GUY WAS BATTLING WITH KIDNEY FAILURE BEFORE. SHE SHOULD JUST FORGET AND MOVE ON INSTEAD OF ATTACHING EMOTIONAL TRAUMA FOR SOMETHING THAT YOU CANT CONTROL.
PEOPLE MISQUOTING MY STAND SHOULD UNDERSTAND ME BETTER
IT HAS HAPPENED, SO VERY PAINFUL. I REALLY MISSED THE GUY, BUT SHE MUST MOVE ON. SHE MUST NOT ALLOW SUCH THINGS TO WEIGH HER DOWN BEING A WOMAN. SHE MIGHT INJURE HER SELF EMOTIONALLY AND NOT REALLY GOOD FOR HER HEALTH ALSO.IF SHE KEPT NURSING THE PAIN LIKE THIS. IT IS PAINFUL FROM HER TONE BUT SHE MUST BE STRONG FOR NOW, UNLESS DEPRESSION WILL SET IN , AND YOU KNOW WHAT THIS CAN LEAD TO.
SOMEONE SAID BECAUSE I DIDNT LOSE CLOSE ONE, THAT IS WHY I TYPED LIKE THAT. I HAVE HAD SIMILAR EXPERIENCE LOOSING BOTH PARENTS AND A BROTHER WITHIN FEW MONTHS INTERVAL. MY MUM CASE WAS EVEN WORSE, IN THE HOSPITALS WE WENT THROUGH. I KNEW WHAT I WENT THROUGH. I WAS SUICIDAL AND NEARLY DIE OF HBP BEING A TEENAGER THEN, SERIOUSLY DEPRESSED AND NEARLY RAN MAD. THEN I GAINED ADMISSION THEN TO UNIVERSITY AND GOD TOOK CONTROL.
CAN I CHANGE THE PAST....NO

CAN I MOVE ON..... YES
.....GET MY POINT.

I can identify with what you are saying because I lost two brothers in very interesting circumstances. However, you should also look at it as
1. A way of getting closure for her
2. So something can be done about the negligence that has killed many people before their time
So it is a lesson for all of us.

May we never have cause to cry over our loved ones

And people don't die in foreign hospitals right?

Sugarhugs:
Smh for Nigeria hospitals, it's no wonder when any rich man falls sick or even gets a scrratch on his body, he is immediately flown abroad for treatment, cus Nigeria hospitals can neglect a patient with a minor injury to the extent that the minor injury will take the person's life, yes its that bad.

Toksytoks:
Chaz B was a post renal transplant patient, he has had two major medical issues after the transplant which necessitated a laparotomy . Before we kill the hospital and the doctors, few people need to understand prognosis of renal transplant.
In America where best medical care is obtainable, 5 year survival chance is about 80% if post transplant treatment is carried out in the same center. He had his transplant in India, he had to fly back for another surgery few weeks after the transplant in India. Post renal Care in Nigeria was not too good, i am sure he did not get the necessary post renal support he needed.

i agree with some points of yours! but also uraemia doesn't present suddenly...and to remember our colleague saw the previous night. except he missed the signs. what of uraemic encephalopathy: Chaz b was still coherent till demise.
like you said, the doctor shouldn't be bothered with giving fluids-but for me with taking a sample later.
a multidisciplinary team is a far shot in this country so..i would have loved the doc to do the basics...and referral on phone to a doctor that was not present is no referral, they could have moved him to a facility where the specialists were on ground, that is after doing all to stabilize him.
sending him home that night was also wrong IMO

bigtt76:
Very true with Nigerian doctors so ineptitude in their duties. I once had a mallet finger injury to my little finger.

Went to Lagoon Specialist Hospital and having spent like 2 hours there to see the doctor, they couldn't tell me what it was. Doctor rather requested an x-ray and see a consultant following week.

The doctor never for once recommend using a splint to properly it up until I angrily asked why and it was done.

Cut Story Short, I ended up treating myself by buying a specialized splint on Amazon less than $10 as the hospital or Igbobi the consultant called couldn't do any better.

Sad but I most times feel safe in my own hands than the hospitals. Even for governor Akpabio despite building the biggest hospital in Africa still dodged to UK after his James Bond driving accident RIP ChazB.

aren't u a doctor no more?

It is high time that all these private hospitals are looked into & taught a lesson. They charge so much & yet they employ doctors that don't know anything. Imagine u going to a doctor for treatment & he'll be looking the case up in his book. I've been a victim in their hands, first it was my mum @ lasuth, they gave her overdose without checking her body weight, it reacted adversely and she died from d complication. Secondly, it was when I was pregnant, dey said i had blood infection& was given a drug. I took it in d morning bt threw it up d way it was @ night. I went back & insisted on seeing d consultant who said i shld discontinue drug cos it Wld affect my pregnancy. Also said there was no infection I've made up my mind that b4 I take any drugs prescribed by a doctor, he must explain its usefulness to me.

Toksytoks:
Chaz B was a post renal transplant patient, he has had two major medical issues after the transplant which necessitated a laparotomy . Before we kill the hospital and the doctors, few people need to understand prognosis of renal transplant.

In America where best medical care is obtainable, 5 year survival chance is about 80% if post transplant treatment is carried out in the same center. He had his transplant in India, he had to fly back for another surgery few weeks after the transplant in India. Post renal Care in Nigeria was not too good, i am sure he did not get the necessary post renal support he needed.

one thing a renal transplant patient needs to be wary of are symptoms and signs of rejection. Chaz B's body had rejected the kidney and he had signs that were clear. so what was his post transplant treatment and follow up like? Nephrologists, General surgeon , cardiologists , Dietitian ( very important ) , Internal physician asides immunosuppressants.

He probably had uremia as a result of poor kidney function, Intestinal obstruction as a result of Lymphocele , complications of the renal transplant itself and laparotomy he had few weeks after his transplant.

FLUID THERAPY - in a patient with evidence of renal shut down not the best option.
ANALGESICS - no way

NG TUBE INSERTION ? - maybe to empty the content of the stomach , but the reason for the abdominal distention was most like fluid retention as a result of chronic renal failure.

UREMIA - only urgent dialysis could have saved him , but was he stable enough for the procedure? UREA shuts down the heart and brain in minutes.

Respiratory distress - Pulmonary edema, aspiration. This sums up a bad case, which St. Nicholas wasn't prepared for. Are the consultants full time employees of St Nicholas or part time. What is the working hours stated in the employment offer. Most doctors work 3 jobs to keep body and soul together, so dishing out instructions via the phone is part of the modus operandi.


only few hospitals can afford to keep 4 consultants on physical call every night, i doubt if there is anyone in Lagos. The healthcare system is messed up, poor training , poor remuneration , poor financing , poor and obsolete equipment. Government will not finance training , banks will not finance equipment purchase. Banks will rather finance oil and gas, shopping malls and telecoms projects.

Is Dr. Kevwe at fault? No. He transferred the case to his superiors who were supposed to take over.

we are quick to descend on doctors every time without critical analysis. so many Nigerian doctors have been 'bashed' away to other countries. Australia is recruiting them daily paying them up to 4600 dollars weekly, UK wants them , US and UAE. You down here call them block head.

Chaz B's case was bad, what he needed was a multi disciplinary team in a word class facility to save him. This is at today is not available in Nigeria.

#FACT!