The family of an 18-year old are mourning his death after their son whose name was simply given as Raphael died due to negligence from medical doctors.

Facebook user, Lawal James, who shared the story online, wrote;

We never knew it will lead to death. He complained of stomach pain on Monday 18th June 2018. The pain was so severe that he was taken to MRS in Chari Maigumeri barracks Lokoja where he was referred to FMC Lokoja. From Federal Medical Center, late Raphael James was referred to Honey Gold Clinic for scan. The scanning was done and the result clearly shows that he has Appendicitis(Appendix) which must and should be operated that hour. The doctor confided in Raphael Brother in a telephone conversation that there should be no further delay. On getting back to FMC Lokoja, the result was presented but late Raphael was left by the inexperienced and lackadaisical Doctors to continually scream in pain. I wonder where FMC got these girls and boys called Doctors.

As I stand and watched Raphael rolling on a slim mattress in pain and these so called Doctors walk freely and press their phones with so much careless abandon of a patient whose scan result shows urgency, tears swell on my eyes. They came intermittently to check on late Raphael and keep pressing the area he feels pain asking him how he feels even when it was obvious that the 18 years old boy was in pain. I was furious and almost shout for help but that could further compounded the case of Raphael knowing how these young inexperience Doctors behaves, so I walked aside. Everything they asked for was provided, but they delayed the operation to Tuesday at noon. As at that time it seems too late as late Raphael was wheeled from the theater to Intensive Care Unit and on the Night of Thursday, he gave up the ghost.

Raphael is gone and he is gone to meet his creator. But the question is this, where are those experience Medical Doctors in Federal Medical Center Lokoja that the life of innocent people are left in the hands of these modern, exuberant and half baked cosmetic Doctors?

On that night, most of the Doctors on duty are not up to 28 years of age and non of them can claim to have graduated 5 years back. This is not to say there are no caring and intelligent ones among them but it was an unfortunate night that Raphael met these crop of Doctors.
These young Doctors should be attached to experienced consultants or Doctors who has been practicing for over 20 years to learn more before being allowed to handle patients.

Sometimes, when they are faced with serious issues, you see them browsing their phones to get solution. This is not suppose to be. Something urgent should be done. It is Raphael today, who knows who next? It’s painful to see a young boy who just finished WAEC to have died while awaiting result. Besides, where is ethics in medicine profession? Is there any at all? If yes, then it is not applied by some of these young surgeons. A quick overhaul is needed. The pain of loosing someone to death as a result of negligence is severe. James Raphael will be buried on Monday. As a man server in Catholic Church Chari Maigumeri, there will be a Mass wake keep on Sunday at his residence, Otokiti community Lokoja. He will be finally laid to rest on Monday 25th June 2018. Until his death, he graduated from Army day Secondary school Chari Maigumeri barrack Lokoja. He is a dedicated Christian of the Catholic Church. May the soul of James Raphael and other faithful departed rest in peace”

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I'm a million percent sure the quack doctor is a nairalander.

They always online 24/7 quoting people who are very much able to feed them and their entire community for 5 years without complaining of financial breakdown.

Seun needs to filter this forum fr.

Kids like Airforce1, Deadrat Candybarry, Buhari guy, Sarki, Madridguy, Twoclans, and so many others ought to be removed and ban for life as soon as possible

So sad to hear this.
May his soul rest in peace.
Honestly, we have a huge storm or should i say hurricane coming in this country.
The issues of the large numbers of "Cosmetic" doctors that our universities push out to the society is alarming.
These young doctors are more active on social medias than management students or graduates.
I remember my experience at NYSC camp not quite long ago.
On the morning of the POP, i feel terribly sick with stomach ache.
Very early, i went to the camp clinic only to be told by those Corps doctor on duty that he wouldn't attend to me cos camp closes today nd he's tired.
I had to beg nd beg for him to write drug prescribtion for me to take to the camp pharmacy.
He said that since he didn't carry out any diagnosis, he wouldn't do that.
Ok, carry out the diagnosis, he said No. That the camp closes today.
Mehn, it was hell nd nt really funny that day oo.
After every every whn i done beg tire, he wrote some drugs that i went to the pharmacy to get.
Even after POP, I had to go nd relax somewhere till evening before leaving camp. Camp was almost empty then.
Had it been that one chemist at mami market had opened that morning, i would have save myself of all those begging by going for "self medication".
I learnt alot that day.

Well I wouldn't blame them. Desperate situation requires a matching desperate reaction. Guy supposed to attack them with whatever available material to reset their brain. Honestly, even a matchete cut on the doctor would have been better.

RIP my fellow citizen. You are among the millions that paid the supreme price for system failure.

ClassRep001:
I'm a million percent sure the quack doctor is a nairalander.

They always online 24/7 quoting people who are very much able to feed them and their entire community for 5 years without complaining of financial breakdown.

Seun needs to filter this forum fr.

Kids like Airforce1, Deadrat Candybarry, Buhari guy, Sarki, Madridguy, Twoclans, and so many others ought to be removed and ban for life as soon as possible

You couldn't have said it any better

But do you know that Buhari took his son to Germany for medical treatment.... Little wonder the nations health sector is in shambles.. He has no plans for it at all

It Is Well

You should have beaten as many young doctors u see to a pulp.

In May, my wife had to undergo CS. After successful operation, she was wheeled just out the theatre and abandoned on the passage. For up to 3 hrs she remained there in pain, no bed oh,just that wheel bed or so. I kept asking the matron why she is abandoned there, I was told they had written a note to the post natal ward to create a bed space for her. I stormed there myself and inquired about the note and bed space. The certain ward attendant who was sent to do that job sat on a round table with some nurses gisting. I ran mad with rage, I told him I'd beat the living daylight out of him for hissing at me.
Long story short, a space was cleared in my presence.
In General hospitals,don't wait gently. Threaten them or else the patient may give up.