₦airaland Forum

Bengasyl2:
Thump up for you.
We don't value what we have. I can relate with the writer above. Similar story where a patient has to wait for many months to see a doctor in many of the western countries

I have family and friends that leave Nigeria with different medications when they come for holidays, Nigeria is evolving I kid you not and it's evolving big time and we still need re-orientation on many issues that the interest of your country first before others

SAVE US THIS LONG EPISTLE AND RETURN BACK TO NIGERIA...

FriendsAndFans:
What happened to all the Indian Doctors they used to hype back then? Well maybe the health system is not in the best shape over there but the Nigerian health system can't match up with the UK.

The health system is great, but population has grown so rapidly that it is now so hard to see a doctor.

casualobserver:
1) your salary for minimum wage work (care workers, warehouse etc) is between £20-30K a year before tax

2) 90-95%

3) the only way to increase your wages is to increase the number of hours you work. However, the Uk is not like Nigeria where they pay you and you sit down idle. They will get every single £ out of you and your body and mental health will feel it plus there is only a certain number of hours you can do in a week. you probably need to work 6 days a week 12 hrs a day to make £35K before tax and you will definitely burn out.

So no hope for me except business
As person wey done cross 40

Ok

Tunaji:
Why should anyone do a tooth extraction when they can do a root canal therapy and have their dental aesthetics and beauty preserved?

And the guy did all those u mentioned here in naija for 50k?

adecz:
An essential professional like you
will always have a better life in UK than
Nigeria.

Your services are in high demand and
you are well paid & get extra income from
added hours of work, unlike in Nigeria
where doctors are basic maltreated,
grossly undervalued and underpaid.

But for the average japa people that simply
take off to go hustle at any available job,
the wahala is real as bills keep you on
permanent high jump.

The major consolation in the relatively
affordable cost of foodstuff👍

I'm so glad I left Nigeria when I did.
It's not even about the money .
For me, it's more of a system that works.

hegelian:
oya return home bro if you so much believe all you wrote.. una go dey where una escape too and be speaking grammar...we wey dey naija understand and hope you join us back home not writing epistle like a broken clock

.....my brother the thing weak me, cho cho cho,
E nor talk about non stop running clean water, 24hr power, publicly funded education and the elephant in the room, the non existence of KIDNAPPING and BANDITRY on the highway. To travel these days, you get to engage in 7 days of fasting and prayer before embarking on a journey.

RaptorX:
You are comparing leaders that have access to and can afford quality private medical care to an immigrant who can only afford the NHS, some of you people never cease to amaze me with such low quality thinking.

The quality of treatments are thesame over here,the only difference between private and public is the waiting list bro,over here anyone can sue the NHS if they feel they didn't get the treatments that they required.

Love800:
You can still go to a private hospital and you will receive prompt attention.

So what are you talking about!

What I’m talking about is, you don’t need hospital most times to take care of illness.
Enter pharmacy, some people uses herbs and it works for them.
It reduces the queue in the hospital.

If everyone goes to hospital in Nigeria for treatment, it will be 100 times worse than uk.

Some people are not always ready to accept the truth Isttead they will look for a way to tarnish the image of Nigeria and didn't believe this claim

Not everything is worst about the country but many of us just love to say lame comments about it.

It's well

Nice one

I appreciate.

Xammie001:
I sincerely understand your plight but wrong diagnosis happens everywhere, same way we have cheap hospitals here they have it there too and errors are there but they are managing it so as to protect there integrity unlike here where we feel everything na social media because we want to trend.
i wish you can have access to different boards that handle such cases and you will be shocked, but if you've not been there appreciate what we have here in Nigeria.
Anyday Anytime, to me Nigeria is the Best country in the World, we have our issues yes but my country is still the best to live in and grow, i trust with the right orientation and mentality we will get there, we all are involved.

Okay.

I didn't know about dis.

I will go research about it.

I appreciate.

bigpicture001:
Wrong diagnosis from the UK hospital countering diagnosis by UNTH hospital in Enugu killed Dora AKunyinli

Oh. Now i get.

The pace(speed) in administering treatment. Nice one.

I appreciate.

Vision101:
You read and I know that it's true that Nigerians there sometimes come back home for medical treatment. It's faster and sometimes cheaper.

Wow.

I will do a research to uncover the real details surrounding her death.

Thanks so much for your comment.

Blakjewelry:
How did mama nafdac died? She was diagnosed here in Nigeria that she has cancer, she went abroad for treatment and the foreign hospital said she was misdiagnosed here in Nigeria. Years later she died and it was the hospital abroad that was wrong.

Nice.

I appreciate.

lilyheaven:
What I’m talking about is, you don’t need hospital most times to take care of illness.
Enter pharmacy, some people uses herbs and it works for them.
It reduces the queue in the hospital.

If everyone goes to hospital in Nigeria for treatment, it will be 100 times worse than uk.

spiceadole:
I'm so glad I left Nigeria when I did.
It's not even about the money .
For me, it's more of a system that works.

Once the system works, you are
valued for what you contribute to the
system and society.

We live in a country where an ordinary,
uneducated local government councillor
takes more than a doctor or lecturer in
salary, while simple allowances to pay
doctors is seen as a privilege.

Or

SIRTee15:
So your friend don't have 250 dollars per month for health insurance but can blow over 5000 dollars flight ticket just to fix his teeth in naija.
If he has health insurance, he will see his dentist within a week.
And most standard hospital that will give him satisfactory service in naija are private and don't come cheap. For dental extraction he may be paying upward a million naira, which is rightly 1 thousand dollars.
CS in Reddington is 5-10 million and kidney transplant is over 20 million.
So what exactly is the penny wise, pound foolish trip your friend embarked on.

You dey mind Nigerians and their many fantastical tales! 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

Denko2721987:
I remember my dad being a regular business visitor to the UK in the late 90s and early 20s, things werent like this back then but now, the UK seems to a shadow of it self and though i may be wrong, but i think it is largely attributed to over multiculturalism and uncontrolled migration which seems to have turned it into somewhat of an advanced third world country

You're absolutely spot on with that assessment actually.

OK sir

Biodun1929:
The health system is great, but population has grown so rapidly that it is now so hard to see a doctor.

uche87:
On the 30th of January, 2026, I fell ill while at work. After struggling through the rest of the day, I returned home to rest. When my condition worsened, I decided to visit the Accident and Emergency (A&E) unit at my local hospital.

I arrived at exactly 10:13 pm. Within a minute, I was booked in by the receptionist and asked to wait. Shortly after, a nurse called me, took my details, and recorded my vital signs. I was then asked to return to the waiting area to see a doctor. That moment never came.

Instead, I was called twice more by nurses to repeat the same observations, each time urged to remain patient. A notice board nearby displayed the previous day’s estimated waiting time — seven hours. My ordeal lasted until 9:30 am the following morning. I never saw a doctor. Eventually, a specialist nurse briefly attended to me, offered verbal reassurance, handed me a leaflet, and asked me to leave. The A&E waiting area became a temporary shelter. People turned chairs into makeshift beds. Others left in frustration. The environment was chaotic. Police officers intermittently brought in injured suspects in handcuffs, adding to the tension and discomfort.

As I sat there, exhausted and unwell, my thoughts drifted back to Nigeria. I remembered a day in 2016 at a government hospital in FESTAC Town, Lagos, when my condition deteriorated so badly that the crowd insisted I jump the queue. I also recalled how, at the private hospital attached to the multinational firm I worked for, I could see a doctor within five to ten minutes.
Now, in the UK, seeing a doctor sometimes feels like winning a lottery. According to The Sun, 554,018 patients in England waited 12 hours or more in A&E in 2025. Data from the Nuffield Trust shows that during peak periods, over 61,000 patients per month experienced 12+ hour waits — around 11% of all emergency admissions. At a minimum of 12 hours per patient, this amounts to over 6.6 million hours lost annually.

Unsurprisingly, many Nigerians living in the UK now travel back home for major surgeries and treatments. It is often faster, cheaper, and far less stressful.

While the quality of healthcare in the UK and Nigeria may appear worlds apart, few imagined that Nigeria would one day serve as a medical lifeline for those living abroad.

Beyond healthcare, the economic reality is equally sobering. Many Nigerians sold land, cars, and family properties to relocate. Today, they struggle under hyper-inflated rents, rising energy bills, and high living costs, barely staying afloat.
Securing a white-collar job often feels like requiring divine intervention. The system appears structured to trap certain groups within physically demanding, low-paying roles. Warehouse work destroys the body. The care sector drains emotional and physical strength. Mental health support work, though meaningful, exposes workers to extreme violence and psychological trauma.

NHS England records over 100,000 violent incidents against healthcare staff annually — an average of 285 assaults every day. In June 2025, Irene Wanjiru Mbugua, a 48-year-old care worker originally from Kenya, was tragically killed by a patient in the West Midlands. While rare, such incidents reveal the severe dangers frontline healthcare workers face daily.

Social conditions are no less concerning. 21% of people in the UK — about 14.2 million individuals — live in poverty. Without social safety nets, this figure would skyrocket. Additionally, 24 million people receive at least one form of state benefit, including pensions, disability support, and working-age benefits, highlighting the scale of economic vulnerability.

In terms of safety, police recorded 53,047 knife-related offences in England and Wales in the year ending March 2025. While the UK remains safer than Nigeria overall, rising violent crime remains deeply troubling.

For parents seeking better opportunities for their children, another danger lurks — hard drugs. Government data shows 16,212 children aged 17 and below were in drug and alcohol treatment between April 2024 and March 2025, a 13% increase from the previous year. This underscores the growing exposure of young people to harmful substances.

Meanwhile, in Nigeria, social life thrives. Community bonds remain strong. Laughter is louder. Life feels fuller. In contrast, the UK work culture often reduces life to an endless cycle of work, bills, exhaustion, and survival. Tragically, between 2024 and 2025, several Nigerian students and workers collapsed and died in the UK due to stress and exhaustion, including cases in South Wales and Hertfordshire.

I’ll end on a lighter note. The stress levels here are so intense that almost everyone snores like old power generators. Many refuse to believe it — until shown video evidence. This was never the case back home.

The hustle has shifted gears. And this one runs at a dangerously high speed.


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"Meanwhile, in Nigeria, social life thrives. Community bonds remain strong. Laughter is louder. Life feels fuller."

Why are you de Marketing another country just to prove Nigerias inadequacies is normal if UK no pay you come back shey be nurse dey answer you dey call you sir if Nigerian nurse curse you on your dying bed you go know how far.

CommonSense1967:
People are going to Nigeria for medical services.
A friend just flew to Nigeria for dental services from the US.
He paid less than 100k for the same service that they were asking for 2k dollars.

If you go to Emergency dept in the US, that's when you will understand the situation.
Unless you are bleeding or dying from heart attack, you will be at the wailing area from night till morning.
Many times, people just get upset and leave. I have done that before.

I’m not really sure what kind of hospitals you frequent but that would NEVER be allowed in my entire tri state area of hospitals. That is terrifying. Flu season can most definitely cause delays but we haven’t seen wait times like that since the pandemic. This seems grossly exaggerated, we do however triage patients based on need and not time of arrival. It isn’t a hotel service, those who are critically ill will obviously need care rendered by priority.