dennisfree:

u better start to u herb medication

Sorry. . . .Try again. . . . . I dont want to be poisoned all in the name of medication.

yes one day, I might come to nigeria for treatment. . . one day never

dennisfree:

what ever u believe will happen to u.change your mind set.

Tell that to the porcupines. . . .

The problems with Nigerian Hospitals starts with the government and ends with the masses.

In Paris, the bills I incure from every visit to the hospital is not friendly at all when you convert it to Naira.

The thing is that every government in trying to please the populace brings in this stupid and unproductive concept of Free-health care, and my brother nothing good is cheap or free.

These Doctors are under-paid when you compare their payslips to that of their european counterparts. How do you expect quality healthcare service when even the schools that produces our nurses and doctors are riddled with corruption and filled with non-chalant teachers/lecturers who graduate half-baked Nurses that cannot even make correct sentences in english every year. Some nurses do not even know how to administer an injection let alone set up an I.V.

Government hospitals still remain one of the best hospitals in the country, but that only when you have money.

Everybody is looking our for themselves only. Starting with the contractors who built the facilities who cut corner and build funny looking structures and call them hospitals, to the the janitors that clean the hospitals that do not have any job satisfaction so they just come to work when they like and do their jobs as they seem fit and go, leaving the entire clinic reeking of locally manufactured IZAL disinfectant. Or should we talk about the person who delivers hospital supplies and stocks them with fake and sub-standard products and drugs from illegal traders in Onitsha, lagos and Aba. Please dont let me talk about hospital maintainance. Cos most government hospitals look like abandoned properties with broken windows, broken down, non fucntional & out-dated vehicles and ambulances. The environment in which the hospital is situated is not even encouraging.

Who buys hospital equipments?? In all federal and state hospitals they are still using old and outdated equipments and tools. You can barely find hospitals with standby generators, no blood banks not even pharmacies.

The doctors atimes are not the problem, but rather the environment in which they work.

Also when you add the fact that most of these clinics are over crowded, with some pateints even having to receive treatments in the hallways due to non avaliability of space.

I beg even you sef are bound to be frustrated with your job if you be Nigerian doctor

The way out is for the government to remove their hands from healthcare. Instead of free they should subsidise the health sector. The insurance companies should come up with good affordable health insurance policies that could help cater for the bills of the people. And all gorvernment hospitals should be setup in such a way that every clinic would have a board of directors made up of good upright citizens, whose jobs will be to make sure that the hospitals stay on point, the doctors and nurses behave as they should, and that the clinic makes some money. New and mordern equipments should be imported and installed at these clinics.

Too much Awoof dey kill.

very well said!!

Esss, no one could possibly have said it better!!!

Yinka Craig, Sunny Okosun and Gani were diagnosed with various kinds of Cancer abroad. They all were initially misdiagnosed in Nigeria - e.g. Gani who is receiving treatment for lung cancer was initially misdiagnosed with pneumonia!!! Where on earth are we headed too? Misdiagnosis isn't new but this is a record!!!

Sadly, Sonny Okosun had recently passed away. He died of cancer of the colon.May his soul rest in peace.

Amen.

Pls tell me whether there is a private hospital in Nigeria called: Heartdell Hospital,3 Siatere Street, Ego State, Nigeria.

My friend an American was supposed to leave Abuja on 26/6/08 for London. I did not hear from him for two days. Today I received a email that he was involved in a fatal accident and is admitted to this hospital. They said his ribs are broken and they need do a surgery to repair his kidney or he will die. They said his driver died this morning.

Pls verify urgently. Thank you.

are they asking for money for the surgery?
cos if thats the case, sounds like a classic nigerian scam, they ask for monies for surgery for someone who is involved in an accident, tell them to send you the doctors phone number and his MDCN registration number and you can easily verify the claim with the medical and dental council of nigeria.
give a shout out to allthe people in eDo state, they may have an idea, or yes, ask for the hospitals registration number which can be checked with the state's hospital management board, or tell him to refer the patiend to University of Benin Teaching Hospital where such surgeries are better done.
cheers!

Pls can anyone tell me if there is any way in Nigeria to check on authencity of a person and address and tel no?

Eric Kevin,
23 Abi Street,
Warri,
Delta State, Nigeria.

Mega Collins,
23 Udu Road,
Warri,
Delta State, Nigeria.

The telephone nos are: (234)806-5117801 & (234)807-3109877 & (234)807-7409422

Please help if anyone have any information on any of the above. Thank you.

Well i would say that though not all hospitals and clinics in Nigeria are managed by competent hands but while taking about them in a degrading manner ,i advice you to be specific about the main ones you are talking about because we still have hospitals that renders high quality care service to both patients and clients and i extremely disconcor with you taking herbs for your ailment because you might be endagering your liver,please i admonish you to try a better hospital based on recommendation.

Hello everyone,

I have been reading the forum and just felt I should join in. As a Medical student in the UK I have always heard stories and witnessed the great unprofessional and ill-fitting practices of Nigerian doctors and hospitals.

Where as I can completely understand the lack of resources and support for the Nigerian Health care system I cannot ignore the pure selfishness and lack of respect of the Nigerian professionals.

Even though there is no resources, what stops people from acting out of compassion - now I am not a fool and at the end of the day you cannot help everyone and show mercy to everyone if you yourself cannot support them financially but what about those who in position that actually do have some resources? What are they doing to further and better the standard of the hospital and still be relatable to their patients.

There are many Nigerian students and doctors abroad and most of them including myself would love to come to Nigeria and work. I see no point in having all these qualifications and talent if I cannot help the people I was trained to help.

Healthcare is not about making money, it is not about business opportunities it is about the standard of living and the wellbeing of Nigerian citizens. You don't joke or make a transaction over someone's life. You don't forfeight the right to up to date drugs to make money. This is someone's life we are talking about no a business deal.

Many of us are willing to learn and accomadate the Nigerian system and change it for the better. Everyone, no matter how poor or who your father is has the right to basic healthcare. Everyone.

What we need to do is form alliances and contacts. So if anybody can give us relevant information on the sutuation in Nigerian hospitals, how you actually receive treatment or any suggestions on how we can improve on the Healthcare system that would be much appreciated.

Obviously we need 1st hand experience and we will be making regular trips to Nigeria when we can. It is not our fault that we were born or live abroad and we do not apologise for it but we do recognise our own and we want to help.

We are capable and willing. Our friends could be the next business moguls in Nigeria or even the next president, we need to put ourselves in a position where if we know someone who is able to appoint people that we are ready to make our mark on the Health sector. You need people who undertand the system and have healthcare in their hearts and minds not Money.

Thank you.

I look forward to hearing from you all soon.

Enitan

HI
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hi people
i like to check some info here. and that is if there is a hospital from the greenlife children care in the city abeokuta in the ogun state.

Can someone help me in order to know if there is a "Light Hospital Medical Centre" in Ogun state

I met a girl on the web claimming for some help, this girl had an accident car and she must pay for getting out from the Hosp. Someone called Dr Adelaja L. Bidemi is suppossed the Doctor who I was in contact with.

Dr. Bidemi asked to me to send some money to the next Western Union way:
Name.Olumide Falola
Country Nigeria
State .Ogun State
Zip Code. 23437
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I´ll appreciate any answer.

Hospitals in my state are wonderful and the doctors are professionals,
especially the private ones, they have nice and well mannered nurses(not all of them o!) but the bills are crazily expensive though but i think it worth it afterall cos you get an unimaginable attention, medication and treatment.

@mohicano

dont you send money!!!
you are being scammed, first tell your friend to go to the teaching hospital located in shagamu ogun state, there they have all the best proffesionals in that state.the storu u gave is so commonny used for such scams.
Tell her the hospital should refer her to the teaching hospital and lets hear what they'll say and request for a medical report, then paste the report here(without names) and lets dissect it for you.
asides ask for a full address of the hospital i have a doctor friend working in the state capital whom i can tell to check on it for you.
takia
cheers!

I need someone from Lagos to inform me if a hospital named ADERIBIGBE exists , is a private hospital and I need to know the phone number very urgent !!!

I have been reading through the replies on this post and have a question of my own. 
I have been in contact with a man who states he had to travel to Nigeria for business and earlier this evening, he sent me an email stating he was robbed and assaulted while taking a taxi back to his hotel room.  Now he says he needs money to pay for his hospital bills and needs the funds by the end of the week.
Now I am suspicious by nature and questioned which hospital he was at and the doctor's name,   does anyone know if there is a hospital called Hosana Hospital in Ogun State?  The address is as follows:

Mitchel Cole (Supposed doctor)
12 Oyetayo Street Mushin
Ago Iwoye
Ogun State
Nigeria
23401

ANY info would be appreciated! I smell a rat and guess I just need to validate my concerns lol thanks!

Amilya,

Don't send any money Pleeeeeaaaase, i was told the same exact story and when I asked for the complete address of the hospital and I offered to help thru a frien of mine who was suppposedly there, they never answered back !!! It was a lie !!!, I know its hard to believe, specially when you think there is someone you love or care for who needs help but don't worry they are not sick or injured , they just want your money.

Good luck

Mariu,

Thanks for replying! I just wish I knew if that even was a real hospital, since I can't find any info online about it. He made it sound so real, I'm asking for proof now, of his hospital papers and bills. We'll see what he comes up with.

Thank you again!

yes, I understand, I wish I could confirm it too, but the hospital name did not appear on the internet and if it was really an emergency, why they didn't give all the information I requested. They just disapeared from one day to another. It is terrible to bare with these people, they do it so well you always believe their stories.

Mariu, I am so sorry this has happened to you, me, ANY of us.
We don't deserve to be lied to and taken advantage of, just not fair.

You don't have any contact with him anymore?

No, after I asked a friend of him who was in Nigeria to send me all the complete information about the hospital, address, phone number, etc, they just disappeared. He was comming to marry me !!!! can you believe that

Well, I learnt a lot and hopefully it won't happen again to me again.

Take care,

Mariu:

No, after I asked a friend of him who was in Nigeria to send me all the complete information about the hospital, address, phone number, etc, they just disappeared. He was comming to marry me !!!! can you believe that

Well, I learnt a lot and hopefully it won't happen again to me again.

Take care,

that is nigerians morality you are throwing down the drain. better check your watch when most say good morning. many are funny greedy people. i know we will be insulted for saying this.

back to business of hospital state, majority are not fit for purpose

Please,I suggest you stop saying bad words about doctors and nurses in nigeria.Every profession as it's own bad side.I want you to know that this site is not seen in nigeria alone,I leave and work as a nurse outside nigeria,And i give every one good impression about nigeria nurses because am also trained from Wusasa School of Nusing NIGERIA and my lecturers took their very time to train us nicely and we are trying our best to give our patient and client the best. Thanks so much.Please encourage Doctors and Nurses and stop saying abusive words against them.

Please, No disrespect our doctors and nurses ooo. What do u want them to use in the diagnosis of the cancer? Even if they had the equipment, who's gonna pay for it. Can you compare the welfare of Doctors out ther to what is happening in Naija.

All these factors make the difference.

I've noticed a patter among us Nigerians. We always put down our own things, but you'll never realize how much other nationals appreciate the things we already put down.

Agreed there are problems. So let us truthfully talk about the problems like normal people.