Gboliwe:
My heart goes out to you and your wife and I pray God consoles you.

When a child is jaundiced, phototherapy is what is needed not blood transfusion. Blood transfusion also doesn't require electricity but phototherapy does.
I wonder why any hospital with maternity and paediatric unit will not have a functional phototherapy.

It's only in Nigeria that even the student doctors have this very condescending air around them and are not willing to go one single step above their daily routine even if it's to save a life. It's so pathetic.

The life we live in this country is by God's grace alone.

May his soul rest in perfect peace. Amen

wasamtech:
Its heart breaking that my new baby boy was lost due to systemic failure of government health ministries. On 28th May 4pm thursday evening my baby develop convulsion, l quickly drove him down with my wife to the hospital we had him. We were told he had reacted to jaundice and could only be treated through photo-therapy (blood transfusion) at the general hospital LASUTH ikeja.

He was immediately treated for convulsion and given a reference letter to LASUTH. l immediately drove down to LASUTH IKeja and on arrival we were told there is no (light) to conduct blood transfusion and referred to LUTH idi-araba mushin with an assurance he will be treated.
Baby Salman struggled and raised our hope with normal respiration that he was indeed gonna make it. At LUTH same night, we were told there was no light, no bed, no blood. A bag of blood needed to save his light cost only N5,000.00 but no room for accomdation. He was neither checked nor given first aid.

Students Doctor at LUTH were the doctors on duty at the Children Emergency Ward and said there is nothing they could do. We were referred to Randle General Hospital in Surulere same night same thursday, On getting to Randle, we were waiting for the Doctor while the baby was vomitting seriously and only for the Doctor to announce that he could not be treated there.

We were referred to MASSE General Hospital at Lagos Island same night same day. At Masse hospital, we were told no space to admit him as they have alot of babies to be administered upon. And someone suggested we go to FMC (Federal Medical Center) at Apapa via IDDO Oyingbo. We drove there again same night and on getting there they said they don't do blood transfusion there.

Finally we gave up and decided to go back home around 1 am Friday morning, baby Salman was still battling with life, we decided to locate Gbagada General Hospital on our way back to our private hospital and we lost our way only to end towards Berger instead of Oshodi to locate Gbagada, alas we ended up in an accident.

I rammed under a container truck that was packed on the highway without any safety indication, no back light, no reflective red sticker showing the trailer was not moving, l was about avoiding a trailer that was blowing out heavy smoke, and gradually slammed on my brake immediately l saw the packed trailer and miraculously my car ran under the trailer behind got the car bonnet flattened almost damaging my windscreen and then l knew God was with us as l was push back my seat with something like an airbag and the car came to an halt.

The driver quickly kick start and move the trailer as fast as he could, l came down and was shivering and checked the car, found out the engine was intact and my wife and baby too was save behind me. I had no injury in the process because my seat belt too held me tight and my car airbag was intact as well.

We drove down and headed towards our private hospital. Baby Salman was still breathing. On getting to the hospital he was placed on the drip, injections and oxygen. He was responding and at about 4:30 am Friday morning we headed for Gbagada General Hospital was he was still breathing. We got relived on getting to the children's ward seeing they are capable on reviving the baby.

While waiting for the doctor to come, my wife whispered to me that he was dead. At this moment tears rolled down freely and was calmed by the doctor on arrival. My baby struggled for life, yearning for revival through those journeys he never gave up, baby Salman was a 7months baby delivered in a normal birth even with already discharged placenta in the womb. He came out strong and smiling at will, after 2 days after delivery we were discharged. My hospital was at fault here because we were not willing to go home due to his prematurity but the doctor said we could go home. He ought have been placed on intensive care.

Now l shared this experience with everyone that need to know and to learn from me. Either way l was wrong or right but l know the government owes everybody a duty of care and that can be sued and or be sued for.

Please share my story to everyone on your list maybe it will get to the table of one those killers in government, health ministries, general hospitals and the society at large.

I lost my baby boy to a system failure.

Samson

Please moderators l will be happy and fulfilled if this post hit the front page.

porshuch:
jaundice is silent killer disease in infants, sorry for the loss. if you want effective jaundice treatment , pls visit OUTREACH CHILDREN HOSPITAL, they have branches at okota, festac and satellite town, they give best treatment to babies, I rate them as the best children hospital in lagos.

rosy27:
i dont comment like this in any topic but when i saw this am close to tears cus the same thing happened when i gave birth to my son. I took care of the pregnancy at a teaching hospital, when the preg was around 7months i went for check up and complain that am having contraction, having know that am carring twins, the doctor said its nothing and i went my way. When the preg was somedays to 8months i startd having contraction again but this time very painful and the doctors were on strike nationwide then. So i was rushed to a private hospital where they no nothing about the preg,no record at all, no ultrasound to know if the position of the babies. I was rushed in to the labour room, the first twin came,but there was membrane in between the second twin, i labour for close to 3hrs after the first twin but they did not know wat was blocking the baby eventually the babay died. The first twin was in the nursery when i notice he was stretching some how, i went to tell doc and nurses, they said he is behaving as if he is still in the womb but i insist they check him that was when they decided to do EBT for him which they could not find the unblical cord cente or something like that, they later told me they could not do left him to die but God saved him miraculously. He is still alive till todat. He is ten months now
May God give u reason to laugh again ijn amen

Bridgovoks:
My heart went out to you and ur boy , may God console u and madam. Pls next time do nt bother to go to any govt hospital, as parents it is a must we have names and addresses of good children's clinic around us. May God comfort u and ur wife.

uyiekpenm:


Exactly outreach is the best children hospital. I can attest to that.
RIP baby Salman.

madjune:
This is heartbreaking.
Considering the fact that this man drove round Lagos through the night and in the thick of fuel scarcity at 500naira a litre...

I can only say, my brother you gave your best.

You've suffered too much.

May God comfort you and bring blessings to renew you and our wife as we mourn the death of your baby.

So sad we suffer so much in this country.

Dieumerci:


But Sir, Nigeria is not an evil country.

saheedandu:


I will like to tell u my own similar story too,I lost a friend on d 30th of may,he had an accident and we rushed him to igbobi,dey said dey don't treat patient like DAT DAT we shld take him to luth,getting to luth arnd 3am dey treated him and ask us to buy so many tins DAT later end up as waste,wen dey know DAT he needs a surgery only for dem to delay us till 9am b4 dey knew we had to do scan for d head and some part of d body,we were d nurse cos we practically took him to every centre cos no nurse to help,NEPA took light and b4 dere gen could go on took like 30min,to cut d long story short dey find out wat we already knew DAT he needs surgery on his head,only for dem to tell us dere is no lyt to do d surgery DAT we shld go to lasuth,getting to lasuth d doctor categorically said he won't work on him cos he just finish a surgery,den we started begging dis doctor oo,DAT took like 3hrs,finally he agreed only for him to tell us to go back to luth to go and collect referal letter wen my friend is dieing without bin attended to and my friend still dey breathe by dis tym oo,all dis arnd 6.30pm,before referal letter arrive d guy gave up,my friend a masters holder while also writing his PhD exams while also working @gtbank vault department... he's 32yrs,Mr yinka ogunmakin R.I.P.P

rosy27:
i dont comment like this in any topic but when i saw this am close to tears cus the same thing happened when i gave birth to my son. I took care of the pregnancy at a teaching hospital, when the preg was around 7months i went for check up and complain that am having contraction, having know that am carring twins, the doctor said its nothing and i went my way. When the preg was somedays to 8months i startd having contraction again but this time very painful and the doctors were on strike nationwide then. So i was rushed to a private hospital where they no nothing about the preg,no record at all, no ultrasound to know if the position of the babies. I was rushed in to the labour room, the first twin came,but there was membrane in between the second twin, i labour for close to 3hrs after the first twin but they did not know wat was blocking the baby eventually the babay died. The first twin was in the nursery when i notice he was stretching some how, i went to tell doc and nurses, they said he is behaving as if he is still in the womb but i insist they check him that was when they decided to do EBT for him which they could not find the unblical cord cente or something like that, they later told me they could not do left him to die but God saved him miraculously. He is still alive till todat. He is ten months now
May God give u reason to laugh again ijn amen

helovesme:
I still can't get my head around the fact that the Doctor sent home the very next day a pre term baby at 7months.

Even if they did not have the facilities to cater for pre term births, why wasn't the child referred to a government hospital or another hospital that's adequately equipped to handle such situations.

If they could refer the child when jaundice was discovered, why wasn't the baby referred immediately after birth.

I hope this is not a case of the parents insisting on "discharging their child" and taking him home "in faith" as it's a well known fact that a pre term child requires round the clock care and it is very expensive (both in private and government hospitals). Maybe they could not afford the cost of hospital care.

Whatever the reason maybe, government needs to do better in the heathcare sector.

May God comfort you and your family. Amen.

lighternote:
I hope you didn't refuse emergency cs in the private hospital or was it not equipped for that. How could you labour aimlessly for 3hours after twin 1? Naija healthcare delivery eee, olorun maje!

saheedandu:


I will like to tell u my own similar story too,I lost a friend on d 30th of may,he had an accident and we rushed him to igbobi,dey said dey don't treat patient like DAT DAT we shld take him to luth,getting to luth arnd 3am dey treated him and ask us to buy so many tins DAT later end up as waste,wen dey know DAT he needs a surgery only for dem to delay us till 9am b4 dey knew we had to do scan for d head and some part of d body,we were d nurse cos we practically took him to every centre cos no nurse to help,NEPA took light and b4 dere gen could go on took like 30min,to cut d long story short dey find out wat we already knew DAT he needs surgery on his head,only for dem to tell us dere is no lyt to do d surgery DAT we shld go to lasuth,getting to lasuth d doctor categorically said he won't work on him cos he just finish a surgery,den we started begging dis doctor oo,DAT took like 3hrs,finally he agreed only for him to tell us to go back to luth to go and collect referal letter wen my friend is dieing without bin attended to and my friend still dey breathe by dis tym oo,all dis arnd 6.30pm,before referal letter arrive d guy gave up,my friend a masters holder while also writing his PhD exams while also working @gtbank vault department... he's 32yrs,Mr yinka ogunmakin R.I.P.P

wasamtech:

I had given vengeance to God otherwise l would have either sue the hospital for negligence or even blacklist them by publishing their hospital address and phone numbers on the internet to prevent patronage.

We were completely ignorant of the health situation of the baby and thereby put our trust in the hospital as they so called professionals.

Thanks