Father A walked into the hospital with his 9 year old son looking worried and stressed out. His son however looked toxic wincing intermittently in pain, helpless. I could clearly see the reason for his pain. His right hand was massively swollen, dark in colour with terribly damaged skin.

Looking at his dad for an explanation, he went on to tell me that his boy had broken his hand 5 days ago while playing with his peers. He had taken him to a traditional Bones Setter who "treated" him. He was in the hospital because his son had gotten worse.

I looked at his son and prayed his hand would be salvaged. It would be so unfair having a little boy's hand amputated because of the father's ignorance. I gave the boy some pain medications, started him on antibiotics, took down notes and counselled the father. I called the Orthopaedic surgeons and offered yet again another prayer.

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Some traditional bone setters are really good at what dey do.


My cousin's leg is so healed

Cutehector:
Some traditional bone setters are really good at what dey do.


My cousin's leg is so healed

Now, I know why traditional Bone Setters are probably here to stay. My dear, like I explained in the health section (I posted same thread there), traditional Bone Setters appear to know what they do simply because they almost always get good results when managing simple fractures. In complicated fractures, the results are different and most often riddled with terrible complications and loss of body parts.

Now, please tell me how you can tell just by looking at a fractured body part whether you are dealing with a simple or a complicated fracture. Only an x-ray can do that. I guess I am a bit more concerned because in my place of work, we get a lot more of these complicated cases already been poorly managed by Traditional Bone Setters. A good healer knows his or her limits. My point is that all these can be prevented by first doing an x ray and then meeting a specialist that will do the very same thing the bone Setter does with zero complications.

DrAda:
Now, I know why traditional Bone Setter is probably here to stay. My dear, like I explained in the health section (I posted same thread there), traditional Bone Setter appear to know what they do simply because you almost always get good results with simple fractures. In complicated fractures, the results are mixed. Now tell me, how you can tell by looking at a fractured hand whether you are dealing with a simple or a complicated fracture. Only an x-ray can do that. I guess I am a bit more concerned because in my place of work, we get a lot more of these complicated cases already been poorly managed by a Traditional Bone Setter. A good healer knows his or her limits. My problem is that all this can be prevented by first doing an x ray and then meeting a specialist that will do the very same thing the bone Setter does with zero complications.

sister dokitor.. where was x ray when people had fractures in d days of old?

Cutehector:
sister dokitor.. where was x ray when people had fractures in d days of old?

cutehector, nice name by the way, x ray was probably not invented then.

DrAda:
cutehector, nice name by the way, x ray was probably not invented yet.

urm it's hector dear thanks tho...


Dnt mind me tho, was only tryna pull ur legs, of course I understand your point.. technology just makes life easier for all of us and less complicated..

U seem like u practice abroad

Cutehector:
sister dokitor.. where was x ray when people had fractures in d days of old?

where was antibiotics when people died from minor infections?

modified; seen you were kidding around

overall90:


where was antibiotics when people died from minor infections?

oh pls dnt start...

Cutehector:
urm it's hector dear thanks tho...


Dnt mind me tho, was only tryna pull ur legs, of course I understand your point.. technology just makes life easier for all of us and less complicated..

U seem like u practice abroad

Abroad ke. I am an original naija doctor. I just wish we practiced more of preventive medicine and that's what I am hoping that I will achieve through nairaland and my blog by his grace. There is so much we don't know and the ones that we do know we hardly ever practice. I used to blame the government but now I think differently. Doctors and other health care workers should assume responsibility too. Oh well, enough of my "ranting" like someone commented on my blog. Nite nite

DrAda:
Abroad ke. I am an original naija doctor. I just wish we practiced more of preventive medicine and that's what I am hoping that I will achieve through nairaland and my blog by his grace. There is so much we don't know and the ones that we do know we hardly ever practice. I used to blame the government but now I think differently. Doctors and other health care workers should assume responsibility too. Oh well, enough of my "ranting" like someone commented on my blog. Nite nite

doctor Ada dnt go yet, leme have ur number

The education or sensitization is not enough. Health is not valued or seen as worth spending on until it's almost too late. Hospitals are last resorts.
I'm almost certain the statistics of pregnant women in Nigeria who never step in a hospital all through the course of their pregnancy would be jaw-dropping. Traditionalists would continue to have patronage until a lot changes. Until medical health care becomes affordable, accessible and trusted. It's a long road for us.

Cutehector:
doctor Ada dnt go yet, leme have ur number

We can exchange mails. Mine is inboxdr.ada@yahoo.com

slimyem:
The education or sensitization is not enough. Health is not valued or seen as worth spending on until it's almost too late. Hospitals are last resorts.
I'm almost certain the statistics of pregnant women in Nigeria who never step in a hospital all through the course of their pregnancy would be jaw-dropping. Traditionalists would continue to have patronage until a lot changes. Until medical health care becomes affordable, accessible and trusted. It's a long road for us.

We can at least try. Call it part of our social responsibility.

DrAda:
We can exchange mails. Mine is inboxdr.ada@yahoo.com

ur mail ain't workin.. my text failed to deliver..

Cutehector:
ur mail ain't workin.. my text failed to deliver..

I am sorry. It's @gmail.com not yahoo. Inboxdr.ada@gmail.com. My mistake