dohyn:
Granted the op should have done better(set up a line,rush normal saline etc) but the blame ultimately lies on the Government.. The victims were brought in by policemen who dumped them there,meaning there was no family member to pay for treatment. The lady that died would have been kept alive with blood transfusions at least..But who will pay for the pints of blood?
This is where our govt is at fault..Emergency kits should be provided in all govt hospitals which would be used in cases like this and should be replaced by the patient's relatives before discharge.Ditto for blood. However,with my experience, I can boldly say that 75% of Nigerians will not replace it. If the patient dies,then 100% won't.
In summary,these occurrences will continue to happen until we all wake up and demand that the Govt does the proper thing instead of harassing the op on a faceless forum.

Naveedah:
@Op What's the worse the system would have done if you had attended to the patient without pay. Kindly answer this, I really need to learn. I am not in the medical field, but I understand 'Situations'.

prisiluv:

Hey doc,i feel u..my bae called me sometym ago,all emotional telln me hw a patient(a little baby) was lost...nd how dey all tried...4get all dese pple saying thrash...I'm not a Dr,but being close 2 one has made me understand how powerful the command chain is in a govt hospital.D order 4rm ur superior is almost impossible 2go against even wen a life is being endangered.sometyms,u're torn btwn following a snr reg or consultant's order nd doing wat u knw is best for a patient...That woman is wicked tho...Does emergency need payment first in a govt hospital? who was she even expecting to mak payments dat night nd being an accident victim...Doctors re nice,bt dat lady was heartless.may God have mercy.Keep Doing all u can 2save a life.

cosmatika:
I bet u wntd to do medicine but failed, hence ur rant against Drs. So u dnt knw dat govt policies affect healthcare provision in dis country? Or u dnt knw dat d nurses re d custodians of d equipments? So if a Nurse seys I won't bring out d oxygen cylinder cos px has nt registered I'll go fight her? Use ur head

Lexusgs430:
Let's not let our emotions override commonsense!!! What the OP wrote is bad, and cannot be called any other.
But let's holistically look at the rot and lack of funding, in our health sector!!!!

cramjones:


No - it is true - A patient goes to a HOSPITAL and the FIRSTLINE doctor is looking for how to refer claiming no equipment. Then why is it a hospital? What equipment was he looking for? IV canulas? drip bags? pcv bottles to group and cross-match? This is pathetic....He has not business practicing medicine if he cannot do a simple resucisation! I am so annoyed at this stuupid guy calling himself a doctor. For his incompetence he is not only calling second on calls, he is now calling on government? To resuscitate the patient for you? How stupiid!

-CramJones

RedCapChief:

The worst that could happen to a disobedient house officer?

Option A - Nothing -if the senior colleague is not pissed.

Option B - You could be sacked for insubordination, reported to the MDCN, made to face a disciplinary panel who could strip you of your temporary license and render you unable to safely practice medicine

cosmatika:
Did u read everything at all? I'm a house officer, d lowest in d medical ladder. Can't tek some decisions wtout my snrs. Its a govt hospt & nt my father's

Leopantro:


He was given a direct order by a senior doctor not to treat. In an ideal setting, he will answer a query. From a doctor's standpoint, if he went ahead to treat, he will not be punished.
But Nigeria is not an ideal setting. Doctors have been sacked for disobeying senior doctors. As a junior doctor he must be under supervision, a case can be made from there.

adahib:


Exactly,most of them will do worse.

Another thing I hate is this talk of "if it were your mother or sister". Call me insensitive all you want but she wasn't the mother nor sister. How many of them have given a stranger what they give their mothers or sisters? How many of them were there when the family was suffering to put him through school? How dare you lot try to equate yourselves to one's mother. There is nothing we won't do for our mothers but I challenge any of you who will willingly help a total stranger at the expense of your job, to step forward...

Samakus:
Guys, give the OP a break. He did what he should do at that time. Some of these unemployed people don't know that once you are employed, you answer and indeed adhere to the whims and caprices of your manager.You don't go against your seniors. Who does that? Let alone a House officer that is more or less a 'houseboy' in the medical profession in Nigeria. Don't blame him, blame his wicked senior that gave him an order when he could have been considerate. If I were in his shoes, I will do the same and I will feel no remorse about it. Shikena!

gunpoint:

No one is blaming the little guy.
But when the little guy does nothing for the next little guy, he is only lying to himself that the situation will improve.
This is why Nigeria has become entrenched in mediocrity.
We have all come to accept dark age policies as the norm

Samakus:
Guys, give the OP a break. He did what he should do at that time. Some of these unemployed people don't know that once you are employed, you answer and indeed adhere to the whims and caprices of your manager.You don't go against your seniors. Who does that? Let alone a House officer that is more or less a 'houseboy' in the medical profession in Nigeria. Don't blame him, blame his wicked senior that gave him an order when he could have been considerate. If I were in his shoes, I will do the same and I will feel no remorse about it. Shikena!

THUNDER4real:
God forbid: What of if the person lying down there is a sibling? will you wait for orders to act?

Samakus:
Guys, give the OP a break. He did what he should do at that time. Some of these unemployed people don't know that once you are employed, you answer and indeed adhere to the whims and caprices of your manager.You don't go against your seniors. Who does that? Let alone a House officer that is more or less a 'houseboy' in the medical profession in Nigeria. Don't blame him, blame his wicked senior that gave him an order when he could have been considerate. If I were in his shoes, I will do the same and I will feel no remorse about it. Shikena!

FemiFaniKayode:


what is the rot and lack of funding?
Did OP say he was about starting basic resuscitation and there was non-availability of basic things?

Guy man u liv better meat whey dey your backyard go dey find lizard for forest

flamingtiger:
Rejecting accident victims without treatment is an offence under the National Health Act 2014. Can you kindly send me the name of the hospital and the doctor who gave such order.

Lexusgs430:



No matter how basic or non-basic things are, they did not drop from heaven!!!!

wunmi590:
And everyday some people keep shouting, Nigeria will get there, when is it with this sane attitude?

I shake my head for the new generation of this country.

You can imagine where a senior doctor for that matter is saying money first before life.

@OP you have done your best God gives live and take it, you shall be rewarded by God with the little time you spent in trying to proffer solution.

RIP to the dead

ikombe:
stop waisting your time quoting idiots who are not in a medical field like you

femi4:
You are already embarrassed even with very poor handwriting

prisiluv:

Hey doc,i feel u..my bae called me sometym ago,all emotional telln me hw a patient(a little baby) was lost...nd how dey all tried...4get all dese pple saying thrash...I'm not a Dr,but being close 2 one has made me understand how powerful the command chain is in a govt hospital.D order 4rm ur superior is almost impossible 2go against even wen a life is being endangered.sometyms,u're torn btwn following a snr reg or consultant's order nd doing wat u knw is best for a patient...That woman is wicked tho...Does emergency need payment first in a govt hospital? who was she even expecting to mak payments dat night nd being an accident victim...Doctors re nice,bt dat lady was heartless.may God have mercy.Keep Doing all u can 2save a life.