Let us get one thing right first –I am not a doctor. Now, that we got that out of the way, I can continue with my article from my perspective as a layman and patient to some doctors. Remember, if there are no patients there would not be need for doctors.

I was very inquisitive as a child with many questions running through my mind, one of the ones I remember vividly is: what happens to the food we ate? Do we have eba in our head for example or rice in our hands? Of course, I later learnt digestion in primary school (I cannot remember the class but I am sure it would be about the same class where you learnt it too).

Another big question which was quite logical to me at the time is: who do doctors go to for treatment when they fall ill (or sick as we say in Naija English)? Up till today I have not gotten a clear answer. Sure, I know doctors see other doctors for treatment but what I am not sure of is if they do so willingly or grudgingly. You know like Doctor Hope is examining Doctor Faith and the latter is thinking in her mind –‘what does she even know sef? I was smarter than her in med school’. Is this what happens to some doctors or do they willingly revert to the role of the patient that follows the doctor’s advice (pun intended)?

Another way of looking at this is the economics of it; why should one doctor pay another for a service that in theory at least they can provide for themselves? I might think like this if I were a doctor and I would love to know what doctors think and what their experiences are on the subject.

Source: http://www.opinions.ng/doctors-go-treatment-fall-ill/

If it's a simple illness you buy drugs and treat yourself.If it's something more serious,you have specialists in differents areas of medicine.You simply consult one in the area you need e.g if you are a gynaecologist and you are sick,you could consult a colleague who is a physician.
Sometimes you could consult a senior colleague too.

Doctors go to see other doctors they trust and believe in. A doctor would pick another doctor whom he/she trusts over an expert in the field. There's no gain saying going to see a doctor no matter how good he is if you don't trust him. Patients go to see doctors because they trust there level of education. Now in a situation where a patient trust a particular doctor then no matter how intelligent or vast another is, he/she would still stick to the doctor he trusts. Doctor seeing another doctor is a patient. Key word is trust!

thorpido:
If it's a simple illness you buy drugs and treat yourself.If it's something more serious,you have specialists in differents areas of medicine.You simply consult one in the area you need e.g if you are a gynaecologist and you are sick,you could consult a colleague who is a physician.
Sometimes you could consult a senior colleague too.

Good to know

laiza:
Doctors go to see other doctors they trust and believe in. A doctor would pick another doctor whom he/she trusts over an expert in the field. There's no gain saying going to see a doctor no matter how good he is if you don't trust him. Patients go to see doctors because they trust there level of education. Now in a situation where a patient trust a particular doctor then no matter how intelligent or vast another is, he/she would still stick to the doctor he trusts. Doctor seeing another doctor is a patient. Key word is trust!

Why would 1 doctor not trust another?

maclatunji:


Why would 1 doctor not trust another?

because the other one graduate with expo

dungas30:
because the other one graduate with expo

I keep hoping this is not true for medical doctors in Nigeria because the implications could mean life or death for thousands of people.

Nurses I guess. The nurses I guess. They will probably give the nurses directions on what to do

laiza:
Doctors go to see other doctors they trust and believe in. A doctor would pick another doctor whom he/she trusts over an expert in the field. There's no gain saying going to see a doctor no matter how good he is if you don't trust him. Patients go to see doctors because they trust there level of education. Now in a situation where a patient trust a particular doctor then no matter how intelligent or vast another is, he/she would still stick to the doctor he trusts. Doctor seeing another doctor is a patient. Key word is trust!

maclatunji:

Good to know

maclatunji:

Why would 1 doctor not trust another?

dungas30:
because the other one graduate with expo

Check mha siqnature

maclatunji:

I keep hoping this is not true for medical doctors in Nigeria because the implications could mean life or death for thousands of people.

Check mha siqnature

all of you are wrong, i think they go to see BABALAWO

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What kind of stupid question is this?

They go to see Goodluck Ogogoro Jonathan the dumbest president of all time

AkinPhysicist:
What kind of stupid question is tohis?

Answer am na as u be Professor I too sabi

timilehin007:
Nurses I guess. The nurses I guess. They will probably give the nurses directions on what to do

u done dey smoke

@Post.....Welcome to the promised land,land flowing with Afonjas and Igbos

The gag is, they don't fall sick...kmt

They visit a specialist.

Hmmmm, if the symptoms persist after three days they will consult their doctors.

When a caregiver takes ill, he/she becomes the patient and he/she receives treatment from another caregiver

Smoking Doctor dead last week.

He had cancer ♋...

Na mechanic

Nawa o

And they moved this to the fp

Well the logical thing is to treat it themselves/prescribe their own medication and if its beyond their control then they go to another doctor. . .

OP, what do barbers do when they want to barb their own hair?

What do electronic engineers do when they need to fix their own phone?

What do architects do when they need to design their own house?

they shag thierselfs up they lil fanny holes and alas! self treatment my man....ding!

As long as you're been treated by someone. That moment you're a patient. So when doctors get ill they go to their colleagues whom they trust. And again doctors learn from each other...

I don't know about other countries but Doctors in Nigeria hmm... They will rather die silent and painfully, than to consult a fellow (Quack) doctor for help you will always see them walking with outright arrogance, yelling and humiliating sick patients in various hospitals across the country; that's one aspect of their job they are very good at, apart from administering wrong diagnosis. God help us.

They usually treat themselves. Going to another doctor can mean incompetence, except if its a major illness

thorpido:
If it's a simple illness you buy drugs and treat yourself.If it's something more serious,you have specialists in differents areas of medicine.You simply consult one in the area you need e.g if you are a gynaecologist and you are sick,you could consult a colleague who is a physician.
Sometimes you could consult a senior colleague too.

Lol but all doctors are physicians. I was thinking you were going to name another specialist department away from gynaecology