dominique:
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.

Many Nigerians feel it is a waste of money having health insurance and still feel hospitals have an obligation to treat before talking of money when there is no assurance of getting paid after treatment.

Remember the youth corp member that was shoot by a policeman in Abuja last two week
Remember the incidence that follow when garki hospital treated the lady free and try to save her life

Now the family of the lady are blackmailing the hospital

Truly Nigerian abuse goodwill

Shortyy:
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

In other countries, a large part of patients bills are taken care of with health insurance put in place by a responsible government. You people should always do your research before opening your mouth in public.

Shortyy:
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

Chiedu4Trump:


No be hospital no go threat u with police report when u get shot?

Even with the truth showing that she was attended to. Even with an abdominal drain shown in the picture of her death. We hold on to unhealthy believes and refuse to let go of them even when the truth somehow emerges.

dominique:
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.

u can't blame people for asking for help first. It's not as if we have good access to health insurance. And health breakdown is usually unpredictable and deadly. Moreover not all people have savings habit. Some may have drop saving habit due to lots of responsible demands. The best hospitals could do is not to turn dying people away but to demand for valuable collateral in exchange for immediate service

post=69479790:
Still not cool enough.....
No amount of money is worth a life....

but how will they replenish supplies they have used for a dying patient who didn't pay, in other to save life of a future patient? Just thinking. Bad people have made others incredible.

We have no means of identification in naija.

Getting that will make everryone responsible..

dominique:
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.

Every job's got its downside.:!!:.The medical line is mostly castigated coz of the compassion of life.:!!:.But money is needed to keep the balance.:!!:.
Money is everything.:!!:.I know it ain't though.:!!:.But you've got to be a rich folk to remind me.:!!:.

justmi1:
but how will they replenish supplies they have used for a dying patient who didn't pay, in other to save life of a future patient? Just thinking. Bad people have made others incredible.

You make a very good point here also bro.

thesicilian:

In other countries, a large part of patients bills are taken care of with health insurance put in place by a responsible government. You people should always do your research before opening your mouth in public.

What research again should I do? When you just posted my previous comment. Pls kip kwayet

Ayoswit:
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.

Yeah right .... easier to post that than actually go out and do it.

nuti:
Let govt ensure that National health insurance scheme covers all these emergency cases

It does if you have Health Insurance. Do you have Health Insurance? How many people have Health insurance in Nigeria?

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.

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

When you see something such as these you just cringe with fear.
Nigerians are no different from their leaders, there is hardly any difference.
I personally hate owing people no matter what.
Even if my wife(s) have some other need for money while I am in debt I would rather settle that debt than make her happy while somebody is breathing down my neck.
Debt is so bad that it ruins good will and relationships.
People should learn to pay up what they owe because everyone has got a family to feed.
How would it feel if somebody who is owing you some money you suddenly see that same person buying some material things more than what he/she is owing you.
To God, the sight can really be psychologically devastating.
We should learn to pay people what we owe them.

There was a senerio we had to convey a man who was hit by a lady to the hospital, only to be told to deposits a huge amount before they could start any form of treatment. Now this was about 1pm, we paid and left only to be called by the hospital at 2.30pm that the man is dead.

We rushed to the hospital and the family of the man were accusing the hospital of not doing anything even after pay ment.

Odikwa serious

Majesticniyi:



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.

You can't blame the government on this. There is a functioning Health Insurance Scheme in Nigeria that provides cover for only 15,000 per year. That is about 1,250 per month. Yet, many Nigerians don't avail themselves of it. So don't blame government for this

thesicilian:

In other countries, a large part of patients bills are taken care of with health insurance put in place by a responsible government. You people should always do your research before opening your mouth in public.

There is health insurance in Nigeria. It was put in place by OBJ along with the pension sceme. Reason i respect OBJ with his wuruwuru ways.

There are two ways you fund Health Insurance scheme. 1, ask people to buy insurance (Nigerian way) or 2, deduct it along side other taxes. We all know second option won't work in Nigeria for now. It is left for people to buy the scheme in Nigeria

phr0nesis:
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.

And you didn't pay for him Good Samaritan

brownhawk:
u can't blame people for asking for help first. It's not as if we have good access to health insurance. And health breakdown is usually unpredictable and deadly. Moreover not all people have savings habit. Some may have drop saving habit due to lots of responsible demands. The best hospitals could do is not to turn dying people away but to demand for valuable collateral in exchange for immediate service

Whose fault is it they don't have access to Health Insurance? It is surely their fault! Health Insurance exist in Nigeria. They should take advantage of it

Still not worth the peace of Mind u get when you save life

Ayoswit:
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.

I love you for what you just said.

Ayoswit:
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.

You are not a doctor. If you are, you just graduated.

Ayoswit:
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.

That is why you are not a doctor or a business person. Assuming you do that for five patients in a month with total cost of time and medicals of about 500k. The patients come promising to pay you but after treatment they start begging you in the name of God. Trying to blackmail you with emotions. Then you don’t have money to replace used medication and cannot pay your struggling staffs, who later cannot pay their own bills. And the chain continues.

brownhawk:
u can't blame people for asking for help first. It's not as if we have good access to health insurance. And health breakdown is usually unpredictable and deadly. Moreover not all people have savings habit. Some may have drop saving habit due to lots of responsible demands. The best hospitals could do is not to turn dying people away but to demand for valuable collateral in exchange for immediate service

Like what sir? I mean the collateral to ask from tgem

Ayoswit:
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.

so if you administer treatment worth 100k on a person, only for that person to bail without paying, are you willing to foot the 100k bill yourself? And if so, how many 100k bills can you foot monthly on your meagre salary? I don't think you got the point of the OP.

mfm04622:


Whose fault is it they don't have access to Health Insurance? It is surely their fault! Health Insurance exist in Nigeria. They should take advantage of it

health insurance exists but how many can afford it?how many hospitals in Nigeria are well equipped and trained to accept or deny health insurance card or documents. Wtf.most of these hospitals are just equipped with drugs and auxiliary nurses and doctors who don't have standard access. And Oga, pls I hope u are on health insurance, ba?

Funny! We are indeed funny folks in this country. I won't stop saying families should get health insurance for themselves... If you deem yourself eligible enough to get married, please be eligible enough to pay about just a 100k per a whole year premium covering yourself, wife and four kids. This will save you a lot of headache... Don't compromise on this.

Ayoswit:
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.

Just imagine that you keep treating everyone like that without any payment made by them, by the time u will treat the 10th to 20th patient, U would have run out of supplies of basic things to use, and where will you get those from? Aren't you gonna buy dem? Except you run a charity hospital, or have a good supply of funds for running the hospital, my dear, u will just close shop!
I have seen a fair part of these ill metted out to medical practitioners and it is disheartening.
Where I practise, I have a shelf filled with folders of patients who are owing us as far back as 2010, whom we allowed go after much begging and several promises to pay up, but who didnt show up till today; except they show up this morning sha.
And when I calculate the money involved, it runs into millions. Now who is at a loss? Not watching a patient die is easier in a public hospital because it is government owned and the more reason govt should make health insurance compulsory, but in a private hospital struggling to exist, it might be a lil hard except if the hospital has a good financial base.

Ayoswit:
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.

out of goodwill u will plunge ur sef to debt paying back the hospital for alot of years.. if u haven't experience dat u will still b nice until debt start chocking u nd u av family to feed at home...

HSfoundation:


Like what sir? I mean the collateral to ask from tgem

house documents, vehicle or bike documents, land documents, educational or BSc documents. Name whatever valuable documents. Any of these signed with an agreement form.


#think