RedMac:
Same old story same old problem...
Priority has never and will never be given to the most important things in this country

1. Education zero
2. Security zero
3. Health zero
4. Welfare of the common man zero
5. Politicians (corruption) wonderfully doing well

silvoclaira:


Nigeria doctors to patient ratio is one doctor to ten thousand patients. Is as that bad!


Things are really wrong with almost everything in this country


I DONT BLAME SENATOR EKWEREMADU FOR GOING TO THE UNITED KINDOM TO HAVE A KIDNEY OPERATION FOR HIS DEAR CHILD

MAYBE THEY WOULD HAVE KILLED THE KIDNEY DONATOR AND ALSO THE KIDNEY RECEIVER

RedMac:


In as much as priority is never given to health in this country, then expect worse to happen

A country where Doctors welfare is zero...
But senators welfare is priority

Nigeriayouthmov:
I am not writing this to get at any doctor in particular but what I have noticed is how careless many health workers are when doing Thier jobs. It's now a normal thing to get wrong diagnosis in Nigeria that so many people now have to go to multiple hospitals before they are sure of a test result. I don't really know why this is so because I don't want to judge in a haste like someone told me the reason for this is because they are after the money which they deem important than the life they are saving.

"I took someone to the hospital late at night and on getting there they asked the family to deposit 35k for something. 30k was deposited and 5k was the balance yet these guys refused to go ahead with the treatment and they were even talking of taking the patient away because they don't want a dead person in their hospital. God used the secretary to rescue the patient as she came in and told the doctors that the 5k should be taken off her salary pending when the family brings it."


Another case I have noticed is that the doctors we have are not enough and they have so many people waiting to be attended to that they have to do some things in a hurry as seen in most government hospitals.

Any of the above reasons should not be enough reason for a life to be lost because it cannot be create or undone. Here is a case of Valentine Kachi a 27 year old hustler from Abuja currently battling cancer and what wrong diagnosis has done to him. I believe if some of these cases are handled properly, there will be a reduction with time.

Thomthom:
That's how a doctor that called himself a gynaecologist.. wanted an operation for my pregnant wife.. I told him I don't want any operation for my wife.. let her deliver by herself... Na so we drag so tey I vex carry my wife go meet one nurse for Area.. that night she delivered.. with this act I begin to see some doctors are not even qualified to treat.. How about 5 scan be telling us that everything is fine but doctor was just shouting Operation here and there.. Thank God for Education I for loose guard make them tear my wife bele that night

Parachoko:
There should be a Government agency this kind of case should be report to. The gynaecologist needs to be suspended or his licence revoked entirely.

Eniitankorede:
For those of us in the field long enough, we know this as spot diagnosis of osteosarcoma of the long bone. It’s a highly aggressive cancer. But for the young inexperienced ones, they may not quickly get it. But adequate examination and investigation can help in diagnosis and management plans.

Thomthom:
That's how a doctor that called himself a gynaecologist.. wanted an operation for my pregnant wife.. I told him I don't want any operation for my wife.. let her deliver by herself... Na so we drag so tey I vex carry my wife go meet one nurse for Area.. that night she delivered.. with this act I begin to see some doctors are not even qualified to treat.. How about 5 scan be telling us that everything is fine but doctor was just shouting Operation here and there.. Thank God for Education I for loose guard make them tear my wife bele that night

TONYE001:


Chief, if he had gone to a teaching hospital, a final diagnosis would have been done by an SR and most likely confirmed by the consultant in charge of the team...

Young doctors (HO's and residents) usually clerk and present to the consultant. This is how clinics are run.


I went through the system you are talking about. A resident who is not able to diagnose osteosarcoma by clinical assessment and examination even before imaging needs to be supervised for his competency and knowledge. Imaging and biopsy are confirmatory procedures. This should be topmost on the list of differential diagnosis.

TONYE001:


Chief, if he had gone to a teaching hospital, a final diagnosis would have been done by an SR and most likely confirmed by the consultant in charge of the team...

Young doctors (HO's and residents) usually clerk and present to the consultant. This is how clinics are run.

The average Nigerian automatically seems to be against the Nigerian doctor without ever understanding the medical system in Nigeria.

seborrhic:
Every stage is a blame.
The hospital that at first didn't tell you is cancer is to be blamed.
The one that is now treating you for the cancer is also to be blamed for "overdosing you".
I bet if they didn't start treating you or resorted to surgery,the patient would still have blamed them for doing surgery.I won't even be surprised if he later comes to blame the treating hospital for placing him on chemotherapy instead of doing surgery.
If this doesn't work,the next blame would be why they started treatment in the first place instead of referring him to India.
One sided story to put fault on others as usual,typical of the Nigerian.

Nigeriayouthmov:



Have you eve complained about the government at any point in your life?

Laird:
The patient always has a story. The doctor always has their own version


Sometimes one is correct and the other is not. A lot happens in hospitals and there is a lot of wear and tear, transfer of aggression, grumbling due to lack of money to pay for drugs and treatments, poor pay commensurate to work load, unhappiness by people that they are ill, work stress by medical staff

It is multi faceted

About the Guy who declined C.S for his wife, You and your wife were not just lucky things didn't go South

seborrhic:

Why should I complain about goverment in a matter that doesn't concern them?
Does it not sound prospesterous to you that the man in question first complained that the first hospital didn't tell him he had cancer;then the second overdosed him,based on his own narrative?
Does commonsense not tell you this is an individual wanting to take people or organisations down with him,having got the life changing diagnosis of cancer?
In any hospital anywhere in the world,a doctor cannot see you on a first visit and give you a definitive diagnosis of cancer.
It's even worse in Nigeria where when you tell someone there is a suspicion of that kind of ailment and there is need for further definitive tests and scans,they either rebel or refuse to do the tests due to the exorbitant cost.
When they now continue getting bad healthwise,with obvious signs of a debilitating disease to everyone and having tried many acclaimed magical herbs or native doctors,with no improvement,they then rally round for the tests,that having confirmed the cancer diagnosis,they now turnaround to accuse the initial institution of not informing them on time.

TONYE001:


Exactly!

It is unlikely that a certified doc would recommend CS when there is no clear reason. Patients do not understand a lot of things that go down...and I blame the docs, in part. Most docs just prescribe and recommend treatment protocols without appropriately explaining to the patient WHY. To argue in the favour of docs, the workload makes this tough...as everyone wants to shorten consultation time and see the next patient.

Otherwise, if it's at the hospital where the wife had her ANC, delivery options and complication preparedness is a discussion that is initiated by the provider from the first day...the booking visit, infact...each visit, the books recommend that the doc takes the patient through this discussion...again, and again.

Once an indication for CS is identified, the doc must have told them long before delivery...unless it's an emergency CS....Still, the doc would have prepared them for possible emergencies.

Let's just thank God things didn't go bad.