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Twitter Users Explain Why Hospitals Insist On Payment Before Treatment by Drinokrane: 5:50am On Jul 18, 2018
Surely, no amount of money is worth a life, but after reading these tweets, you might understand why Nigerian hospitals insist on receiving payment before they treat ailing patients.

Tweets shared by various Twitter users narrate incidents where doctors, out of the goodness of their hearts, treated patients for free, only to end up with a debt that the family members refused to pay.

Read tweets below;

https://www.torimill.com/2018/07/twitter-users-explain-why-hospitals-insist-on-payment-before-treatment.html

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Re: Twitter Users Explain Why Hospitals Insist On Payment Before Treatment by Zeebabybh: 6:01am On Jul 18, 2018
Chai
Re: Twitter Users Explain Why Hospitals Insist On Payment Before Treatment by dominique(f): 6:18am On Jul 18, 2018
Hospitals are run with money not goodwill. They have bills staff salaries to pay, supplies are bought with money too. Most of us don't have health insurance yet we expect hospitals to treat us first before collecting money. We're seriously not serious in this country.

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Re: Twitter Users Explain Why Hospitals Insist On Payment Before Treatment by tstx(m): 6:23am On Jul 18, 2018
To end bad market... its as simple as that..



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Re: Twitter Users Explain Why Hospitals Insist On Payment Before Treatment by Olalan(m): 6:24am On Jul 18, 2018
Some Nigerians abuse goodwill.........

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Re: Twitter Users Explain Why Hospitals Insist On Payment Before Treatment by phr0nesis(m): 6:24am On Jul 18, 2018
I was in an emergency unit of a hospital recently when I saw an assault victim in serious pain. I later confirmed that he was stitched at night but was denied pain killers just because he was yet to pay for those.

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Re: Twitter Users Explain Why Hospitals Insist On Payment Before Treatment by Ayoswit(f): 6:25am On Jul 18, 2018
I understand their reasons for demanding payment or deposit before treating a patient but if I was the one, I would treat the patient regardless of the fact that money wasn't paid because I can't watch a patient die when I can be able to treat him, it's hard though but saving a life is worth it.

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Re: Twitter Users Explain Why Hospitals Insist On Payment Before Treatment by MANNABBQGRILLS: 6:25am On Jul 18, 2018
Still not cool enough.....
No amount of money is worth a life....


Someone quoted our comment that due to people like us.......
very soon all the Doctors will run out of Nigeria to foreign countries and it will only remain Doctor SID and Small Doctor..... cheesy

We thought that was funny! wink cheesy grin

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Re: Twitter Users Explain Why Hospitals Insist On Payment Before Treatment by Nobody: 6:25am On Jul 18, 2018
Let govt ensure that National health insurance scheme covers all these emergency cases

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Re: Twitter Users Explain Why Hospitals Insist On Payment Before Treatment by MrBigiman: 6:25am On Jul 18, 2018
I have seen a thousand of such occurrences. Many Nigerians are grossly unreasonable. You save someone at the point of death, wen the person recovers and u give a bill, the story changes. Instead of u to be thanked and payed, you become an enemy. There is something definitely wrong with the black man.

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Re: Twitter Users Explain Why Hospitals Insist On Payment Before Treatment by coluka: 6:25am On Jul 18, 2018
At least stabilize the victim first before talking about money

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Re: Twitter Users Explain Why Hospitals Insist On Payment Before Treatment by chiboy1116: 6:26am On Jul 18, 2018
Zoogeria . Lolx.....if u don't treat them now they will label u as wicked .

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Re: Twitter Users Explain Why Hospitals Insist On Payment Before Treatment by Swegzfreak: 6:28am On Jul 18, 2018
embarassed

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Re: Twitter Users Explain Why Hospitals Insist On Payment Before Treatment by Fayaboy: 6:28am On Jul 18, 2018
To stabilize gan sef na money

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Re: Twitter Users Explain Why Hospitals Insist On Payment Before Treatment by HolyHero: 6:28am On Jul 18, 2018
Medicine is the nobliest of profession... they can't just have the heart to let someone die

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Re: Twitter Users Explain Why Hospitals Insist On Payment Before Treatment by Pavore9: 6:29am On Jul 18, 2018
That is why it is really important to have a health insurance plan.

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Re: Twitter Users Explain Why Hospitals Insist On Payment Before Treatment by Abass07(m): 6:29am On Jul 18, 2018
Many people dont know this. We av money to drink, womanise, party but when it comes to health, we want it free. Haba!

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Re: Twitter Users Explain Why Hospitals Insist On Payment Before Treatment by dfrost: 6:29am On Jul 18, 2018
angry sad lipsrsealed cry The whole system just messed up.

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Re: Twitter Users Explain Why Hospitals Insist On Payment Before Treatment by Exwizard: 6:29am On Jul 18, 2018
Pls when is premier league starting?

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Re: Twitter Users Explain Why Hospitals Insist On Payment Before Treatment by eleojo23: 6:29am On Jul 18, 2018
This is sad.

Most times when people rush their sick ones to the hospital out of desperation, they will tell the doctors ''please do whatever you can to save him, we will pay"

But after the patient has been treated and they are now asked to pay the bills they will be like "wetin Una do sef? No be just drip Una give am?"

Just imagine that!
That is how people abuse good gestures and that's why some hospitals insist on deposits before commencing treatment.

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Re: Twitter Users Explain Why Hospitals Insist On Payment Before Treatment by Kendumazy(m): 6:30am On Jul 18, 2018
Hmmm. Most people believe, since it's to do with saving of lives. They shouldn't mind the debt.
Re: Twitter Users Explain Why Hospitals Insist On Payment Before Treatment by Shortyy(f): 6:30am On Jul 18, 2018
That shít only happens in Nigeria. In other countries, patients are treated first! People's lives matter not here! Even if you're dying here, they'll ask to go and purchase card, wait in line for the doctor SMH

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Re: Twitter Users Explain Why Hospitals Insist On Payment Before Treatment by Scout60(m): 6:30am On Jul 18, 2018
this is very common in Nigeria. After offering payment after service in Nigeria is sometimes risky in Nigeria. The zeal is no longer there.

My girl who happened to be a nurse narrated also a similar case of this. A guy who was stabbed on the penis was brought to their hospital. He was on admission for over 1 month. When the guy was discharged,

Guess what,
he sneaked out of the hospital at night through the roof. upon they locked him inside a room for an attempted escape. He sneak out through the roof.

The nurses were tasked to pay.

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Re: Twitter Users Explain Why Hospitals Insist On Payment Before Treatment by Abass07(m): 6:30am On Jul 18, 2018
coluka:
At least stabilize the victim first before talking about money
It seems u don't understand the twits.

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Re: Twitter Users Explain Why Hospitals Insist On Payment Before Treatment by Chiedu4Trump: 6:30am On Jul 18, 2018
HolyHero:
Medicine is the nobliest of profession... they can't just have the heart to let someone die

No be hospital no go threat u with police report when u get shot?
Re: Twitter Users Explain Why Hospitals Insist On Payment Before Treatment by iceboy4752(m): 6:31am On Jul 18, 2018
Hmm
Re: Twitter Users Explain Why Hospitals Insist On Payment Before Treatment by thesicilian: 6:31am On Jul 18, 2018
coluka:
At least stabilize the victim first before talking about money

They'll use your blood to stabilize the victim abi?

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Re: Twitter Users Explain Why Hospitals Insist On Payment Before Treatment by Authoreety: 6:31am On Jul 18, 2018
Govt hospitals shldnt give ds excuses!


But na dia own worse pass....


Private should make sure to collect money b4, I repeat "collect deposit" b4 commencing treatment! Yes

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Re: Twitter Users Explain Why Hospitals Insist On Payment Before Treatment by Czarugo007: 6:31am On Jul 18, 2018
Next is House Surgeon don check out.

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Re: Twitter Users Explain Why Hospitals Insist On Payment Before Treatment by Majesticniyi(m): 6:32am On Jul 18, 2018
coluka:
At least stabilize the victim first before talking about money


With what, please? Drugs and injections bought from suppliers with goodwill? Truth is, it is no way the hospitals' fault. Blame the government with no sustainable health insurance scheme for citizens.

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Re: Twitter Users Explain Why Hospitals Insist On Payment Before Treatment by Nobody: 6:32am On Jul 18, 2018
Drinokrane:
Surely, no amount of money is worth a life, but after reading these tweets, you might understand why Nigerian hospitals insist on receiving payment before they treat ailing patients...

Thanks for sharing

That's part of why we need an efficient cashless credit card system to facilitate payments.

Sure, unscrupulous people will abuse ANYTHING but with the right systems in place, at least defaulters can easily be spotted and punished.

Thanks again

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Re: Twitter Users Explain Why Hospitals Insist On Payment Before Treatment by flyca: 6:33am On Jul 18, 2018
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Still not cool enough.....
No amount of money is worth a life....

I know the hospital he is referring to and it's a private one. Imagine if they had 10 if those kind of cases in a year, by what means can they sustain the running and management of the hospital? undecided

I visited Military Hospital Ikoyi sometime in 2005. The reception has a big picture of the illustration of the good samaritan. Below the picture had a story about the good man, travelling from X to Y and blablabla. But the funny thing is that story ended with the following statement.

"Be like the good samaritan, deposit money before you leave"

Message delivered cheesy

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