dittobaby:


If I pay at the bank, can I still go to them and request for wheelchair?

Yes u can request at their office
You can send an email
They have an online form for health and special requests

dittobaby:


I guess I'll just book online and go to their office to pay. Thanx

You will pay a service charge at their office bank rates are regulated by CBN and can only differ by a maximum of 1 or 2 NAIRA which is 2000 your service charge to BA at their office will be more than that

@ stinux
Here's how to get a very good rate
1) use British airways desktop site(shows a wider range of dates)
2)you will see quotes of dates before tax
The range looks like this: $384,$333,$214,$213
3) your target is to pick a date with both inbound and outbound for about $214
4) you may have to adjust your dates
For I.e I got a quote for $1173 but tonight I adjusted my return date by a week and ended up with a quote of $1043
5) British airways exchange rate is 201 but GTB is 199
Sadly it's over 200k but that's cos of the dollar rate if it was 189 the ticket wlike have been under two hundred thousand
Hope u get a $1000 ticket which is a very fair deal tried other airlines they are all at least $1400
If anyone got it cheaper lets know

stinux:
@drafrican, were u able to do this from BA website or wakanow?

& stinux I used British airways website
Use d desk top to give a wider range of dates

If your an April bound mum and you want to go with British airways if u pick a date around 22april your ticket will be 1170 USD if it's earlier than that about 1400/1600 USD.
Hope it helps someone

Cheapest am getting is 1400 has anyone gotten cheaper

Pls what are the airline promo's now trending
British airways is not looking like any promo is on

Last time I tried changing NAIRA Abroad it was refused.( most pple only accept dollar,pounds,yen, rand euro,and a few others)
Best to travel with your bank statement that's less than 24 hrs old ie print d day before for a morning flight or on the morning for your night flight.
Have the complimentary card of your account officer with her signature on the back.(attached to it)
Then write a letter to d bank to activate your ATM in the USA and hold a copy of the one the bank stamped received on.
Saw a new policy CBN issued, you need written consent for ur card to be used abroad,donno if it's taken effect.
With this u said be covered.

Ochioraumu:


i have tried doing that, but the earliest appointment date is 11th march, plus i will need to wait till monday to pay for the visa fee, and by then, i don't know what the new earliest date might be. again, i don't know whether they have strict rules about reapplying at the same location where your visa was granted, especially in my case where it has been cancelled.

For d uk it doesn't matter where u apply donno bout the U.S. but you can explain it was cos of the interview date you shifted location am sure a lot of other people do that, u can still get a date in lag for the 14th there about,cos just like you no one is likely to pay over the weekend,I think it's worth the risk.just pray whatever u decide on,and your case is straightforward cos ur husband has d visa already,go with his passport.for them to issue it to him sure they imagine u wud come for a reapplication.exhaust that option before u accept it as fate
Just my opinion

@ ochirouoma have u tried booking appointment in another location say Lagos you should still get a date for March .
Just that u have to travel to Lagos.
And ur baby can come 2 weeks earlier or up to 2 weeks later u may still be able to risk it and fly with British airways or a less strict airline.
That wud be d last push book an apt in Lagos .
All da best

Newmum0615:
Good morning everyone,

Please can anyone confirm if it is true that Delta has changed their policy on the number of weeks a pregnant flyer should be from 36weeks to 30weeks. My doc just told me but I find it hard to believe. Anyone with accurate info should let me know please.

Thanks.

Did someone have a baby on their plane

Though I haven't used dr fagbohun
The glucose test is used to screen for endocrine disease ( in a pregnant woman's case diabetes)
You are required to fast for 8-12 hrs (you can drink only water) at this time, a blood sample is taken.
After that you are given a dose of anhydrous glucose dissolved in water(which must be consumed in 5 mins) the maximum dose is 75mg and is only usually adjusted in children.
Two hours after the sample was taken another sample is taken.
The result is then interpreted
1)It can be Normal
2)You can have impaired glucose tolerance
3)Or you can be diabetic.
The test is usually diagnostic.
There are other variants of the test where 6-8 samples are collected but the one that you will probably do is the one I outlined.

@ dittobaby
I never insulted anyone
I wasn't exchanging words with anyone either.

After you change nationality it becomes my system for now it is our system ur Nigerian!

@ slimwendy
Am sorry for your loss
Am not mocking anyone,it would be very wrong of me neither would I insult anyone.
I encourage people to sue and I always will.
It's just wrong to give examples but there's also a lady who did IVF in naija went to the USA lost the baby and it was ruled as SIDS(sudden infant death syndrome) it occurred in the hospital nursery.

Am sure those on the group know who is ranting and who is stating facts but as this is a very emotional issue, I totally excuse your outbursts.

nefertitiram:


Best graduating student in my class, steady As and B's grades in all 4yrs, even your medical degree cannot beat my achievements.

Talk is cheap my dear,as for educational qualifications let's see the certificates!

nefertitiram:


See why I am questioning your educational background? Do you have an idea the meaning of empathy?
How many women here have told you today you are insensitive?
Where is the empathy?

You are just a hungry doctor jor! You for talk early so that we can donate money for your pharmacy!

Well I won't degrade myself to throw insults on financial prowess,talk is cheap anyone can claim to be full!

"Dr's bribed their way through school " shows the school you went to and sweetheart what did you do to get through school..........you read your books all day every day!

"Dr's bribed their way through school " shows the school you went to and sweetheart what did you do to get through school..........

How did they know her baby was loosing weight?
She must have done an ultrasound who did the ultrasound a radiologist or a radiographer?

nefertitiram:


Ohooo... it's because many people don't like to share their experiences in the hands of these quack nigerian doctors with low self esteem.
Even looking at the beginning of this argument, it stemmed out of travelling at 35 weeks, he/she now had to exhibit his/her low self esteem as a nigerian doctor.
Just the other day, I met a Dr at the ANC clinic who left her hosp where she was working to register in govt hosp at 34 weeks, why? Cos the bozos in her hosp claimed her baby's weight was dropping and they wanted to operate her at 32 weeks.
She sought 2nd and 3rd opinion and found out her colleagues misdiagnosed, and her baby was doing just fine. Na so she packed her kaya to govt hosp.

A friend carrying twins, the water in one twin broke early, she ended up losing both. Just yday, I watched Saving Hope, a medical series on TV where a woman had the same issues, the doctors discussed, came to a final resort, let us artificially create amniotic fluid, and seal the burst sac with platelets, experimentally... it worked. I googled it, truly an experimental procedure. But no o, our Dr Africans will tell you it is all over without even trying because their minds have been conditioned to be insensitive and not think out of the box, besides, why should they think? How much are they being paid to think for you!

So much for oversabi doctors like. It calls to question the Nigerian education system sef! When people will bribe their way through university, and be screaming blue murder when the nigerian healthcare system is questioned.

@ middy o the truth is if I kept quiet when this thread started it won't have been a problem but we need to look at things holistically from all angles.
Loosing anyone is hard lost my dad to cancer and he was treated in UK at royal marsden (so called best)but he still died.
The truth is to stop contractions we would use salbutamol iv ,it fails sometimes but does that mean the hospital is bad does that mean it can't happen in the uk or USA no it's a standard protocol/ procedure that's followed all over the world.
My dear my last job I couldn't take a leave for 3 years cos we didn't have enough hands on then you turn round and someone says you don't know what you are doing.Dont get me wrong I loved every moment of it,it's what I live for.
All I explained is you can't just conclude without knowing every detail.
If truly your dr/ hospital was careless then sue them , write a petition to the medical council get to the bottom of it.

MiddyO:

Thank you o my sister! I pray you will never experience loosing a pregnancy at any stage, especially an advanced one at that. The pain, emotional roller coaster, having to answer all sorts of questions, the pitying looks and all.

@Drafrica that was so insensitive of you. I read it and I shook my head. My hospital was one of the supposed best ones in Lagos and yet, they could not handle contractions till it progressed into labour and we lost the baby. Please try to be more sensitive to other people's plight. I don't even know what else to say. I am just very upset!

Yes I am a true representation that guarantees EMPATHY.
When the facts are laid down it turns to an emotional blackmail.
To get healthcare in USA without insurance you pay heavily to get the same in Nigeria you pay heavily.
How does the fact that a hospital generator will run on fuel make me love money?
I won't be blackmailed,I have stated the facts. you either accept it or not.
Stating the fact doesn't make me wicked or mean!
And please don't go to any Nigerian hospital again o ......only USA that's the only time ur words are valid

My dear do you pay 30% of your salary as tax to the government if you do then you have a right to criticize the system that's what Americans pay
After they attend to you do you pay back or not if you lack insurance? Well you do every single month.
But like d naija pple that jumped at Medicaid Nigerians will owe hospitals and not pay back
Whose fault is that the dr's?

nefertitiram:


So I wasn't wrong about your insensitivity, I am sure you are one of those doctors who will rather watch a patient die if you don't receive your deposit.

And I wasn't wrong about Nigeria not being supportive for preemies, u just decided to paint the situation in a different colour. There is no aggression as you will see in US, even when you don't have money. It is a system where one life is more revered than how much you can pay.

No need discussing further with you, it is as good as pouring water in a basket. Stop being defensive because you are a doctor, call a spade a spade! Nigerian healthcare system is wack!
Also, I hope in your course of research you have noticed on most US hosps websites, they indicate no patient will be turned back irrespective of financial status. So, it has rendered whatever argument you have invalid, cos all you think about is how much the patient can buy.
Peace out

Let's ask ourselves as individuals what have we done to improve health care in Nigeria.
Have you ever donated a medical equipment to a government owned hospital.
The company you work for, have they ever sponsored any health care worker for any training within or outside Nigeria.
No but we will buy LR4 and sit down in our houses n talk as we like!
Lemme just shut down before I say more

I am sorry about your loss but Pls Nigerians should desist from imagining we kill people here Age of viability in Nigeria is 28 weeks but am sure it's not unconnected with the fact that incubators require 24 hours electricity to run,that certainly ain't the dr's fault.
So if u want that here you will be charged heavily.
Let's head to Australia age of viability is 18 weeks there,since it's not the pali,USA is inferior to Australia
And 35 week old babies are not premature per sey cos their lungs are developed already so there is more to this,sepsis/jaundice etc
Pls go through the USA court records and find out the medical blunders they commit there!
Find out why no foreign trained doctor works in a teaching hospital without passing Nigerian exams
Find out why Nigerian IVF success rate is higher than the USA.
We do not throw alive babies born at less than 28 weeks into the dust bin we provide "comfort care" and a percentage survive.
Did the hospital you used have a neonatologist present(not peadiatrician) when labour started at 28 weeks these are the issues.
This services are available here we have neonatal ICU's .
Am sorry if I come across as insensitive it's because our patients too are even more insensitive.
As for government vs private hospitals the debate remains endless.
They record mortality all over the world but it's a reflection of not only the health care system but the level of education and financial strength of the patient.if USA had mothers that would spend 20hrs in labour with a doula and then turn up at the hospital m sure their mortality will be 100%
By Gods grace everyone will deliver full term .
One love

@ loosing babies , pls we all heading to Yankee for d blue Pali no need to form better healthcare story.
In Nigeria you have great doctors but like we all do we head to us looking for cheapest hospitals and in Nigeria we do the same.
You pay for cheap you get cheap. There are causes of loosing babies have you tried finding out the cause what's your rhesus status,is your cervix competent,did you ignore warning signs,are you diabetic/hypertensive do you have anti phospholipid syndrome.
At the hospital I work they do laparoscopic surgeries and we have patients fly in from the UK and USA ( based on recommendation from past patients)to have their fibroids removed,we remove fibroids as large as 40 weeks and our mortality is ZERO reason ,fibroid is a black mans disease and best handled by black people. Mind u my oga is liscenced to practice in uk and USA.
Was your pregnancy being managed by an obstetrician or a medical officer or by a nurse even though you were high risk.
This are the issues,if a Nigerian dr charged you N800000 for c/s the whole world will hear you can't pay cheap and expect great services.
In us dr's handle antenatal care in Nigeria it's largely nurses to get a dr to do that you would pay private to get a consultant to do that you would pay double.
So pls before we insult Nigerian doctors lets know the intricacies of each case!
I know hospitals in Nigeria where 26 week old babies survive its cash n being in right place

Well imo searching for a cheap hospital in Newyork is like searching for N800 Ankara at da viva but if $15k for vaginal delivery is cheap my dear ur in the right state.best to look for places about 1-2hrs drive from New York!

Pls mothers in the house that have had deliveries using epidural and then not using vice versa.
I observed that mothers who used epidural took a lot longer to push their babies out because that painful urge wasn't there. Trying to decide on to do and not to do?
What was your experience like?

@ mama princess
I hope you find someone coming to Texas with the Whitfield but I guess your baby has eczema, you can buy a product called "Shea Moisture raw Shea butter and argan oil baby eczema therapy" bar soap,lotion and shampoo works really well u can order on Amazon or buy at Target near you should be about $10.

Pls has anyone gotten a direct quotation from delsol medical centre Texas .
Pls does anyone have dr martinells number or email. Thanks

If you want to book delta promo ticket pay now tomao may be too late .......it's sad watching a grown woman cry lol
It's on wakanow