Lady Winona: I don't see where the doctor had erred. He had simply explained d situation in the way that any layman can understand it. If he had said that her PCV was static at 18L/L despite 40 pints of packed cells been infused due to possible aplasia of the red blood cell evidenced by lack of erythrocytes query cause, would you have understood him? Let's be fair here.

jedisco:


Omo what is this?
If english dey hard you lyk this why not use pidgin.

Denn:

i will tell you the doctor's fault in my own "layman's" view.
the doctor checked and found a low PCV, administered blood and despite this found even lower levels, he decided to administer more....and more and more.......
its like saying a car engine has a low level of oil so you add more, you check and it has a lower level so you add more and more.....

why administer more fluids when the problem hasnt been found. please note that there was no mention of the ailment from the doctor's statement. this implies the doctor did not conduct the proper tests or did not refer the patient to a specialist on time.

i expected to read something like 'Bisi was diagnosed of an acute case of XXXXXXX after several tests. this resulted in her having a low PCV despite administering 40 pints of blood to her over a YYY period.

phemmydiya: We (Nigerian) fail to understand that every death should be diagnosis thoroughly so as to prevent the same occurring. Develop countries use on usual death like this to prepare future cases. Nothing wrong in NMA looking at a cases like this away from general public. RIP Adieu Bidi Komolafe.

Lady Winona: I don't see where the doctor had erred. He had simply explained d situation in the way that any layman can understand it. If he had said that her PCV was static at 18L/L despite 40 pints of packed cells been infused due to possible aplasia of the red blood cell evidenced by lack of erythrocytes query cause, would you have understood him? Let's be fair here.

Lady Winona: Irrespective of the aetiology of the disease, the truth is that u are there to treat the patient first and then the disease. Take for instance, this patient that is obviously severely anemic. Do u first wait to find out the cause of the anemia while she dies from the anemia itself or do we first resuscitate in this case, by giving packed red cells or in places where it is lacking sedimented cells under frusemide cover? I wld choose the later cos at the end of the day, ur aetiology, if eventually found will have little or no meaning if ur patient is already dead. I'm sure they know the cause of the disesase but it's against the ethics of medicine to reveal it for public's consumption. An autopsy will also be useful here.

YuzedoII:



Lady Winona, hola at me, i wanna wife you up!!!

jedisco:


Omo what is this?
If english dey hard you lyk this why not use pidgin.

Josh316: If her PCV kept going down, it's likely she was suffering one of many blood disorders- Pernicous Anaemia, Bone Marrow dysplasia or even Leukemia. If she was not refered to a consultant hematologist on time to properly diagnose her condition then the doctors would have erred.

In
ll, shes gone, and may she rest in peace

Denn: This is the main issue with some Nigerian Doctors and the way they handle ailments....am very sure she would have first been treated with malaria, then thyphoid then more blood and more blood

4real: It's amazing how backward how medical care still is, how do you have a doctor who believes in juju, then leave the medical profession and go and join babalawo, many people have died in Nigeria for stuffs that they should not have died from, my wife when she was in Nigeria felt tied and went to the hospital at first she was given drips they collected 25k and a week later asked her to come for blood I refused since she was joining me in the uk in a few days when she got to the uk she went for test and there was nothing wrong with her, nothing at all, I know this is strange but when you feel sick google whatever you think is wrong with you, so that your doc just does not pump you full of drips