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My story goes thus.My relative with a history of multiple preterm births employed the service of a gynaecologist (Lecturer) to perform a preventative cerclage at 14 weeks of pregnancy.

The lady lost her mucus plug three weeks after the procedure and the Doctor gave her the all clear only to loose her water a week later.The doctor discharged her while having contractions and precribed antibiotics for her.

She sought a second option from another doctor who tried to salvage the situtation by doing another emergency cerclage only to find out the previous cerclage was badly done.( loose to one knot and lost its elasticity).This means the previous doctor used an inferior material for the procedure.

After the second doctor’s emergency cerclage ,he conducted some Blood tests and found out there is an infection in the body.The only option was to terminate the pregnancy. She had no option but to terminate the pregnancy but to her horror the doctor delivered the baby at 19 weeks with a severed head.

The lady is in trauma whenever she remembers the horror she and her baby had to go through.
Share your bad experiences and how did you remedy the situation?

No bad experience. Had a surgery at FMC Owerri in 2014. The doctors were lovely.

akanke79:
My story goes thus.My relative with a history of multiple preterm births employed the service of a gynaecologist (Lecturer) to perform a preventative cerclage at 14 weeks of pregnancy.

The lady lost her mucus plug three weeks after the procedure and the Doctor gave her the all clear only to loose her water a week later.The doctor discharged her while having contractions and precribed antibiotics for her.

She sought a second option from another doctor who tried to salvage the situtation by doing another emergency cerclage only to find out the previous cerclage was badly done.( loose to one knot and lost its elasticity).This means the previous doctor used an inferior material for the procedure.

After the second doctor’s emergency cerclage ,he conducted some Blood tests and found out there is an infection in the body.The only option was to terminate the pregnancy. She had no option but to terminate the pregnancy but to her horror the doctor delivered the baby at 19 weeks with a severed head.

The lady is in trauma whenever she remembers the horror she and her baby had to go through.
Share your bad experiences and how did you remedy the situation?

A tragic story indeed. I am really sorry for her loss.

Why the Nigerian healthcare system is like this is because rarely do you have cases of litigation when these type of things come up.

A multi-million naira law suit that will drain that doctor's bank account, give him countless sleepless nights as well as result in the loss of his practicing license would make our dear consultant obs/gyn sit up next time - if there is going to be a next time - and do a better patient follow up on subsequent occasions... as well as prevent it from happening to someone else.

But for some strange reason, most Nigerians will just accept their loss in good faith.

I'm planning to burn down a hospital...


Lost my uncle there last year

Last my dad there this August...


My mission in this earth ain't finished till that hospital is closed

Na una Sabi..our parents back then never have variety of issues like we are having this days because they sticked with normalcy, more coordinative ways of handling things, while this generation with "over Sabi" won't just let their body rest with everyday attempt to tear into one body part or the order to change something from its normal form to how they want it...

AkaraAndBread:
A tragic story indeed. I am really sorry for her loss.

Why the Nigerian healthcare system is like this is because rarely do you have cases of litigation when these type of things come up.

A multi-million naira law suit that will drain that doctor's bank account, give him countless sleepless nights as well as result in the loss of his practicing license would make our dear consultant obs/gyn sit up next time - if there is going to be a next time - and do a better patient follow up on subsequent occasions... as well as prevent it from happening to someone else.

But for some strange reason, most Nigerians will just accept their loss in good faith.

This sums it up. Years ago, after the birth of my daughter, a doctor stitched up my episiotomy. Another doctor checked later and said the stitches were poorly done. He YANKED the old stitch out with apologies. The pain was horrendous. Following this ordeal, the episiotomy did not heal for three months. The delivery itself was also a traumatic experience.