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Nigeria happened to my family on Sunday 26th July

My heavily pregnant younger sister, her three year old son along side other passagers were hit by a hit and run trailer driver along Odudukoko Port Harcourt express way...

It took the intervention of the Nigerian Army Officers returning from Conference to rush them to UNTH Ituku Ozalla. According to the officer, passers-by were busy making videos and taking pictures instead of saving lives, my was laying unconscious, her son sustained head injury and blood was gushing out, the other too was the person shouting for people to help when the Nigerian Army van passed and stopped to rush them to the hospital.

On getting to UNTH, the emergency unit refused accepting them, the Officers had to forcefully break in with their gun and boot and instructed them to commence treatment immediately.. According to the register, my sister was brought in by 11.21 am, I personally arrived the hospital around 12.45 pm .. We took over and did all the necessary tests that needed to be done for her to go in for an emergency CS to save the Mother and child..

When they did the first scan, baby was already in fetal distress, these guys kept running up and without doing anything, from one Dr to another Dr, Orthopaedic, Neurologist, AbS abi kini ko.... The Officers later left, immediately they got to know that the Officers had left, they started with their nonchalant attitude.

They asked asked to go for Pelvic scan to know if had fracture as she couldn't move her legs so everything could be corrected once she enter the theatre, time was going and pleading and shouting for them to take in and bring out baby first, they said they only have one Anastasist on duty and surgery was on going in a whole Teaching hospital, you have just one Anastasist on call ?

Moving my sister out from there wasn't an option at this point cause many private hospital would reject her in that state. We wheeled her in for the Pelvic scan, to place my sister on the scanning machine became and issue for these guys, I was the one giving them directives on how she should be placed cause she was screaming in pain. In a twinkling of an eye, both the Dr's and Potters disappeared leaving only me to place my sister back to the stretcher.

At this point, I lost it and started shouting all, to do the needful. That was when it occur to me to start calling those I know that works in UNTH. I called my Coursemate Nicholas he said he just left the hospital but coming back to see us... Immediately he came in, he started making calls too to the necessary authorities for the lack of negligence..

adaxme:
Happy new month Nigeria
This country get too much wahala

Mopolchi:
This is sheer intimidation. Why the break in by the armed forces?

Ahayalift:
Happy New Month to all wonderful NairaLanders!
The truth is that lack of genuine Love among Nigerians is the major Problem of the Country. We need reorientation to subconsciously help us all to prioritize all fellow Nigerians, Africans and Humanity above money, material things and personal gains of Vanity!
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Mindlog:
Why did the emergency unit of a teaching hospital refuse to treat people who were struggling with medical emergency?

Mindlog:
Only one Anesthesiologist on duty in a whole university teaching hospital?😳

Life is so cheap in Nigeria.

Mopolchi:
It never crossed your mind that they might be overwhelmed with work? Little or no bed, few staff, protocols to observe etc.

Mindlog:
It crossed my mind but they had to attend to a heavily pregnant woman and alongside the other accident victims.

Did also cross your mind, the systemic nonchalancy that is common in Nigeria public hospitals?

Mopolchi:
I agree that the systemic nonchalancy exists in Nigerian public hospital. However, the sheer use of force to get things done appears inconsiderate and selfish.

Mindlog:
Only one Anesthesiologist on duty in a whole university teaching hospital?😳

Life is so cheap in Nigeria.

NewHe:
Nigeria happened to your family,yet same Nigeria rescued you! Something is wrong somewhere!

Fuckyoumod:
When you hear them strike and demand for more and more from Government, you will just ask yourself do these set of nonchalant people with no regard for human lives really worth it?

Mopolchi:
This is sheer intimidation. Why the break in by the armed forces?