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Re: Share Your Experience With An Incompetent Doctor. by BalogunIdowu(m): 12:37pm On Dec 10, 2023
kingreign:

That you met doctors who had no idea of what to do does NOT give you the right to advise people to consult Google when they want to visit doctors. It's a very wrong and dangerous idea you are giving to people.

You ought to know that there are specialist for various ailment and colloquially, they're called physians or doctors.

Also, it should be noted that Nigerian Healthcare is alarmingly grossly under staffed with specialist healthcare professionals.



Going to Google should only perhaps give you an idea of what maybe be likely because there are several things that google can bring out. Just like every other profession, some doctors are better than others but you can't replace them with Google.

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Re: Share Your Experience With An Incompetent Doctor. by Basic123: 12:38pm On Dec 10, 2023
[quote author=nwakibe post=127409871][/quote]
Doctors are trained to handle angry patients but still their are no time to really practice it.
Handling an angry patients is part of Doctors professional skills.


One of the mumu contributors on this thread even said someone should always meet a gyneacologist for all gynea issue.

WHAT DOES HE KNOW ABOUT GYNEA ISSUE ?
THE BEST PRACTICE IS YOU MEAT YOU FAMILY PHYSICIAN OR TRAINED GPs FOR ALL YOUR COMPLAIN AND HE WILL GUILDE YOU APPROPRIATELY. WHAT YOU THINK IS GYNEA ISSUE MIGHT NOT BE!
Re: Share Your Experience With An Incompetent Doctor. by Kryzboy(m): 12:39pm On Dec 10, 2023
Okay
Re: Share Your Experience With An Incompetent Doctor. by kushme: 12:39pm On Dec 10, 2023
Otunbakayce:
Fine, don't go to hospital anymore just make google your Doctor.
So a Doctor trying to make a differential diagnosis of drug abuse which is rampant among youths is now incompetent.
The MOD that pushed this yeah to the front page needs to be relieved of his job.


Yuval Noah Harari pointed out that doctors may well find themselves replaced by AI, which could be faster, cheaper and more efficient at diagnosing patients.
“If everything the doctor does is just take in information about a patient and outcomes and diagnosis, this is exactly the thing that would be easiest to automate,” said Harari.

I think he said somewhere that, research doctors would be hard to replace, though. Because they'll research new diseases, find solutions then automate them as well.

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Re: Share Your Experience With An Incompetent Doctor. by Lastmankc(m): 12:48pm On Dec 10, 2023
Machinegun91:
My newly married wife can not give birth because of wrong appendix surgery by an incompetent doctor.

Her stomach is deformed
Jesus

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Re: Share Your Experience With An Incompetent Doctor. by 12345baba(m): 12:51pm On Dec 10, 2023
Female doctor done google my symptoms. I hala give her
Re: Share Your Experience With An Incompetent Doctor. by shilz(f): 12:52pm On Dec 10, 2023
King3urna:
They killed my pregnant wife giving birth with there stupid mistakes and left me to die of depression 😡
oh no!so sorry,it is well with you ,you shall not die.The good Lord will see you through and strengthen you.Amen

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Re: Share Your Experience With An Incompetent Doctor. by InvertedHammer: 12:57pm On Dec 10, 2023
Wizuman:


Always consult Google any time you are with these so called "doctors'. . Most of the people we call doctors nowadays are young children who weren't smart enough to pass jamb, and their parents used alternative admission routes to help them study Medicine.
Moral of my epistle: The doctors don't always know better.

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Consult Google for details of the medications prescribed but not for diagnosis.

If sick, ensure that there is no commencement of treatments without lab works completed in a reputable laboratory.

It is advisable to seek second opinion. But in the current day Nigeria, better seek third opinion. Only a few good doctors are left. The rest are merchants of death.

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Re: Share Your Experience With An Incompetent Doctor. by mancanoe: 12:57pm On Dec 10, 2023
That consultant that called himself a Prof Nwosu. In Miles specialist Nnewi killed my Dad in 2016...
Re: Share Your Experience With An Incompetent Doctor. by shoodboi2: 1:00pm On Dec 10, 2023
Machinegun91:
My newly married wife can not give birth because of wrong appendix surgery by an incompetent doctor.

Her stomach is deformed

Are you sure about this? Are you working based on what your wife told you or what you found out yourself?

Babies don't form in the stomach. They form in the womb. And I really don't see how appendix surgery will deform the stomach and cause a woman to be unable to give birth.

Machinegun91, give yourself some serious orientation. You shouldn't deprive yourself of having kids because one woman damaged her womb.

Whoever destroyed her womb is out there with his own kids while you're the one suffering for it. You deserve better.

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Re: Share Your Experience With An Incompetent Doctor. by LUAN(m): 1:03pm On Dec 10, 2023
MrWondah:
I usually had this episode of stomach ache. Over time it became so serious that the pains normally lasts days.
During this episodes I’ll throw up. Once I do I’ll feel better.
After which the pains would move to my abdomen.
On one such occasion, I decided to visit a private clinic. After spending so much time, I met the doctor he examined me and said it was appendicitis. He didn’t perform any test. He told me I’ll be admitted for surgery the same day. The only thing that saved me was because I didn’t have the 500k in my account.
I went home, went for a lab test and was told it’s excessive gas in my stomach.
I went with the result to another hospital where drugs were prescribed.
Na so dem for don tear my belle o
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Re: Share Your Experience With An Incompetent Doctor. by Lastmankc(m): 1:04pm On Dec 10, 2023
KOMBE:
A dentist removed a wrong tooth instead of the one paining me. When I discovered the mistake I felt like strangulating him undecided

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Re: Share Your Experience With An Incompetent Doctor. by Chibuzoripob: 1:08pm On Dec 10, 2023
sad Regina Mundi CatholicChurch is the only popular ⛪️/🏥 around that olosha.That place is age
Wizuman:
I have heard the saying that "[i]the doctors know bette[/i]r", but it is not always the truth.. I have encountered terrible and poorly trained doctors. I will cite 2 scenarios.
1. About a decade ago, my uncle who had been having feverish feeling woke up one morning with blood stains in his eyes. I was assigned to take him to a popular church hospital, somewhere in Oloosha mushin. On getting there, the doctor on duty examined him and concluded we had to start eye treatment, that the eye must have been injured. He asked if d man ever had any thing hit him in the eye, and the man answered no, yet the fùfú doctor insisted we must commence eye treatment. Anyway we left because their fee were too high.
We then went to Mushin Local Govt Community hospital in Palm Avenue. The doctor on seat was a graduate of OAU, whom I knew earlier in the neighbourhood. We exchanged pleasantries and he started diagnosis on my uncle. Guess what, after the excellent diagnosis, he deduced that the man's BP rose so much and his veins (including the one in d eyeball bursted). We starred BP treatment, and to God's glory, the man's health was stabilised and his eyes were clear in a short time.

2. M The second one happened in 2019, to my church member who was down with fever. He was in a community hospital around Ayobo, Lagos, and the female doctor knew he needed urgent malaria treatment, so she ordered us to take him to the general hospital somewhere in Alimosho. On getting to d general hospital, the doctor on duty refused to attend to him. In fact we saw the doctor a few meters away discussing with a lady. When I saw the situation of the brother, I picked him and we went to join the doctor, and he grudgingly disengaged d lady.
The diagnosis started and the doctor said "I saw u when u guys came in, u were staggering. Tell me the truth, do use any drugs? ". The young man answered *no*. Then the doctor responded, "u are not ready to be helped".
The young patient brought out his cellphone and said "sir I saw it online that when malaria parasites cumulative so much in d blood stream, they can block the blood vessels supplying the brain, thus affecting balance, memory and so on". The young man is not even anything near a medical professional. He was a struggling graduate, trying to explore computer programming career.
The doctor felt so embarrassed and answered "aren't u a Christian? Are u supposed to believe such....", in an attempt to cover for his failure. Then he wrote something in a paper and gave me, asked me to take it to d pharmacy. It was MALARIA injection that was written there. I bought it and he directed us to somewhere nurses were, and the young man was given d injection, and we also bought malaria medications on the counter, and to cut long story short, the young man recovered.

Always consult Google any time you are with these so called "doctors'. . Most of the people we call doctors nowadays are young children who weren't smart enough to pass jamb, and their parents used alternative admission routes to help them study Medicine.
Moral of my epistle: The doctors don't always know better.
Re: Share Your Experience With An Incompetent Doctor. by Chibuzoripob: 1:15pm On Dec 10, 2023
sad It is well.It is painful reading heartbreakingstuff like this.May his soul sleep well
shortgun:
They prescribed a drug that killed my dad who was suffering from prostate cancer. angry

After injecting him with it his condition deteriorated and he died after few days.
A doctor in the US after reviewing treatment my late dad received concluded they shouldn't have administered that particular drug. angry

The annoying part is doctors are always not held accountable and they are always exhibiting nonchalant attitude together with their nurses from hell.
Re: Share Your Experience With An Incompetent Doctor. by Solidex(m): 1:22pm On Dec 10, 2023
In your minute mind, you want to capitalize on the few bad experiences you had with Drs to generally label them as incompetent.
I can deduce form your write up that, it was this you I - too - know attitude that denied you knowledged of the reasons for the Drs diagnosis or even supply them with the informations required for them to arrive at the right diagnosis.

Drs are not magicians, so you don't expect them to always give you on spot diagnosis at the mere sight of you as a patient. Drs need not just the history of how your illness evolved but other related associations with it and thereafter thoroughly examine you before arriving at a conclusion which they might reaffirm by sending you on some related tests. It's a process that requires patience and cooperation with your Dr.

Now, how do you expect a Dr to thrive and perform well with a patient who is already impatient, who had probably ( in his minute mind) figured out his problem from the internet and had also presumed that he knows better than the Dr.

You don't knw shit. Going to the net to get shabby information that you don't even have the intellectual scope to understand can not help you either.
Don't use your bad experience with one of two Drs to generally tarnish the image of a noble profession.
if you were so brilliant you wouldn't be here insulting Drs.

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Re: Share Your Experience With An Incompetent Doctor. by purples25(f): 1:25pm On Dec 10, 2023
Juniorangel:
Back in secondary school I was sick and was admitted, so after lab results came out it was malaria and the next step was to commence treatment but the doctor was not around my condition was very bad mumsy was telling the nurse to start treatment since it was just drip and some injections but the nurse decided to wait for the doctor since it was just 9am that the doctor was already on his way, we waited for doctor until 3pm doctor was nowhere to be found and the nurse decided to start treatment with just the drip, I was on my second drip when doctor showed up around 8pm and drunk he was mad at the nurse for starting treatment without him next thing doctor did was to remove my drip that was going well ooo and said the nurse doesn't know how to put drip... Na so doctor start to poke my arms looking for vein, he finally found one and after like 5 mins my hand started swelling up that was when my mum begged the nurse to remove it and put it back like she did the first time. I later found out from a friend that that particular day the doctor was drunk to stupor and even forgot his car where he had gone to drink...

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Re: Share Your Experience With An Incompetent Doctor. by Wizuman: 1:26pm On Dec 10, 2023
drimzsmoke:


If you should come to me with Google diagnosis, I'd ask you to leave and go and treat yourself with Google treatment!!!

But Google save us from a doctor who didn't know that acute malaria can deprive the brain of blood supply? Admit it, Google is far better than a lot of doctors.

I actually wanted to edit the post, as we all learn more everyday. I have admitted that I should have added that if people can afford, they should try multiple diagnosis from multiple sources....and not just one doctor or source; but I am not able to edit the post again.

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Re: Share Your Experience With An Incompetent Doctor. by Maxitomxane(m): 1:26pm On Dec 10, 2023
Wizuman:
I have heard the saying that "[i]the doctors know bette[/i]r", but it is not always the truth.. I have encountered terrible and poorly trained doctors. I will cite 2 scenarios.
1. About a decade ago, my uncle who had been having feverish feeling woke up one morning with blood stains in his eyes. I was assigned to take him to a popular church hospital, somewhere in Oloosha mushin. On getting there, the doctor on duty examined him and concluded we had to start eye treatment, that the eye must have been injured. He asked if d man ever had any thing hit him in the eye, and the man answered no, yet the fùfú doctor insisted we must commence eye treatment. Anyway we left because their fee were too high.
We then went to Mushin Local Govt Community hospital in Palm Avenue. The doctor on seat was a graduate of OAU, whom I knew earlier in the neighbourhood. We exchanged pleasantries and he started diagnosis on my uncle. Guess what, after the excellent diagnosis, he deduced that the man's BP rose so much and his veins (including the one in d eyeball bursted). We starred BP treatment, and to God's glory, the man's health was stabilised and his eyes were clear in a short time.

2. M The second one happened in 2019, to my church member who was down with fever. He was in a community hospital around Ayobo, Lagos, and the female doctor knew he needed urgent malaria treatment, so she ordered us to take him to the general hospital somewhere in Alimosho. On getting to d general hospital, the doctor on duty refused to attend to him. In fact we saw the doctor a few meters away discussing with a lady. When I saw the situation of the brother, I picked him and we went to join the doctor, and he grudgingly disengaged d lady.
The diagnosis started and the doctor said "I saw u when u guys came in, u were staggering. Tell me the truth, do use any drugs? ". The young man answered *no*. Then the doctor responded, "u are not ready to be helped".
The young patient brought out his cellphone and said "sir I saw it online that when malaria parasites cumulative so much in d blood stream, they can block the blood vessels supplying the brain, thus affecting balance, memory and so on". The young man is not even anything near a medical professional. He was a struggling graduate, trying to explore computer programming career.
The doctor felt so embarrassed and answered "aren't u a Christian? Are u supposed to believe such....", in an attempt to cover for his failure. Then he wrote something in a paper and gave me, asked me to take it to d pharmacy. It was MALARIA injection that was written there. I bought it and he directed us to somewhere nurses were, and the young man was given d injection, and we also bought malaria medications on the counter, and to cut long story short, the young man recovered.

Always consult Google any time you are with these so called "doctors'. . Most of the people we call doctors nowadays are young children who weren't smart enough to pass jamb, and their parents used alternative admission routes to help them study Medicine.
Moral of my epistle: The doctors don't always know better.

Why do i have a feeling the first one is Regina Mundi grin
Re: Share Your Experience With An Incompetent Doctor. by Lastmankc(m): 1:26pm On Dec 10, 2023
Fujiyama:

Some posters are up in arms because the god complex of some doctors is being challenged.

Tetracycline is an antibiotic that was once commonly prescribed to children (maybe it still is, i don't know). A couple had heard about a common side effect (tooth discolouration) and gently asked the consultant treating their baby about an alternative medication. The man flared up and asked the couple if they were trying to teach him his job.

Fast forward some years: that baby's teeth are permanently stained today.

Doctors don't know it all. That's one service area where customers/patients should (for their own good) compulsorily exercise their right to a second and third diagnosis with other doctors. That improves the odds in the patients favour.
This stuff you explain happened to my sister.Her teeth are permanently stained till this day.

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Re: Share Your Experience With An Incompetent Doctor. by ivolt: 1:26pm On Dec 10, 2023
shortgun:
They prescribed a drug that killed my dad who was suffering from prostate cancer. angry

After injecting him with it his condition deteriorated and he died after few days.
A doctor in the US after reviewing treatment my late dad received concluded they shouldn't have administered that particular drug. angry

The annoying part is doctors are always not held accountable and they are always exhibiting nonchalant attitude together with their nurses from hell.
The bold depends on the victims families and the country involved.

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Re: Share Your Experience With An Incompetent Doctor. by HRprof: 1:27pm On Dec 10, 2023
kingreign:


A lot of medical treatment online are highly questionable because the patient (you) have not been tested, your medical history isn't online.

Taking drugs based off of online prescription is very gangerous and it's drug abuse.

If you are diagnosed with illness google can help you with good prescription to the illness.

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Re: Share Your Experience With An Incompetent Doctor. by WriterX(m): 1:28pm On Dec 10, 2023
To the one who is referring people to Google : kindly understand Symptoms are commonly shared between so many diseases and more.

Google can not and will not accurately give you a definite answer, trust me you are better off with a professional doctor who knows his trade, in the end it is God who heals.

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Re: Share Your Experience With An Incompetent Doctor. by ivolt: 1:28pm On Dec 10, 2023
Rayd502:
Your last paragraph may not be true.Going through medical school is not a child's play.

While influencing Jamb scores by parents is common practice, getting into medical and surviving the program till graduation is different ball game.

Most times deficient students end up dropping out early in the program.
You are right but some even though minority dull medical students still scale through.

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Re: Share Your Experience With An Incompetent Doctor. by Wizuman: 1:28pm On Dec 10, 2023
Maxitomxane:


Why do i have a feeling the first one is Regina Mundi grin

Na u know o smiley smiley smiley
Re: Share Your Experience With An Incompetent Doctor. by maasoap(m): 1:29pm On Dec 10, 2023
kingreign:

That you met doctors who had no idea of what to do does NOT give you the right to advise people to consult Google when they want to visit doctors. It's a very wrong and dangerous idea you are giving to people.

You ought to know that there are specialist for various ailment and colloquially, they're called physians or doctors.

Also, it should be noted that Nigerian Healthcare is alarmingly grossly under staffed with specialist healthcare professionals.

May be, not using Google to make definite diagnosis of yourself and not using it to treat yourself but Google is a place to have an idea. It is all about information

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Re: Share Your Experience With An Incompetent Doctor. by ivolt: 1:29pm On Dec 10, 2023
Resetinc:

doctors are just the same as lawyers, the only difference is that lawyers merely rob you, whereas doctors rob you and kill you too…

How does a lawyer rob you since they offer non-essential services and they don't do direct advertising.
Re: Share Your Experience With An Incompetent Doctor. by ivolt: 1:31pm On Dec 10, 2023
Philomath1212:
Here in Nigeria, doctors and nurses have sent millions of souls to grave due to their quackery but it's a topic nobody wants to explore...
Do you know the meaning of millions?
Re: Share Your Experience With An Incompetent Doctor. by Chizigreat(m): 1:32pm On Dec 10, 2023
What It Takes To Become An Overcomer

Apostle Joshua Selman.

Listen And Remain Blessed.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FQgtobL3Ndc?si=BKoUErHxDyIejRu1
Re: Share Your Experience With An Incompetent Doctor. by sheeda995(f): 1:32pm On Dec 10, 2023
Philomath1212:
Here in Nigeria, doctors and nurses have sent millions of souls to grave due to their quackery but it's a topic nobody wants to explore...
Most deaths in Nigerian hospital is caused by doctors and nurses

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Re: Share Your Experience With An Incompetent Doctor. by ivolt: 1:33pm On Dec 10, 2023
Discountsempai:


This isn't incompetence, it is more often a symptom of a diesease mimicking another disease.

Right sided abdominal pain could be appendicitis, it could also be gas in the stomach, infection in gentials and in women anything from urinary infection to ectopic pregnancy
Since the consequence of a wrong diagnosis is surgery in this case.
The doctor should have ordered for more tests instead of relying on symptoms only.

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Re: Share Your Experience With An Incompetent Doctor. by ivolt: 1:34pm On Dec 10, 2023
Error401:
There was a time I had a bulge on my left eye. I googled online and what I saw was similar to a chalazion, every symptoms matched.
When I got to the doctor, he told me I needed to do a scan because it could be attached to my skull and bla bla bla.
I told him I have read about this and I think I have chalazion. He took some minutes to examine again and referred me to an Ophthalmologists. Its a very simple surgery actually, I didnt know why he was talking about scans and all.

So you prefer a simple surgery than confirming the real diagnosis?

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