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The bottom line is that Nigerian doctors re incompetent compared to there counter-parts in India, China, UK, USA e.t.c. I know of many life's that could have been saves if not for negligence and incompetence. I know of wrong prescriptions that have almost claimed life and also claimed life.

Even our leaders and wealthy ones re quite aware of the incompetence.


A common Tekno had malaria and was flown to the US. A Gani Fawehinmi was wrongly diagnosed in Nigeria, A Dagin died due to height of incompetence. A of pain they have caused me personally so it's not hearsay

SkenolProp:


The moment i saw 'wowzer', i knew it was you. Eku ojo meta ma.

FavoredGuy:
Madridguy, how market yesterday at Santiago?

Shitface:
which kin Nigerian Doctors, the doctor in question was a quack, that doesn't apply to the many doctors that are in Nigeria, u guys should stop this disrespect to your doctors, most people will leave qualified doctors and meet all this roadside doctors and midwives who answer DOCTOR, only for their quackery to be revealed and they come to NL and scream NIGERIAN DOCTORS!!!

PrettyCrystal:
The hand of a baby who was thought to have died in the womb was amputated following a medical advice by a doctor in order to save the mother's life. It was later discovered that after the amputation that the baby was very much alive...

Read below as shared by Aishat Alubankudi on Facebook

A man reportedly took his brother's wife to the hospital and the Dr sought and obtained his consent to amputate the child's hand and removed the baby since according to the Dr the baby had since died in the womb. On the medical advice that, that way the mother's life could be saved, the baby's hand was amputated and the baby was removed but only to realised that the baby was not only alive but heart and healthy.

Source; http://www.nationalhelm.net/2017/04/doctor-amputates-hand-of-baby-thought.html

wacoj:
Quack doctor!~

DollarAngel:


Nigerian doctors are among the best in the world. They practice in every western nation and almost every African country. The only places you do not find Nigerian doctors are in asia and eastern Europe. Everywhere they go, they excel. But they fail in Nigeria. Does that say something?

Am talking about Nigeria doctors in Nigeria not those outside the country, alot of work needs to be done, people die from minor surgery of appendix, I don't want to talk of CS

sisisioge:
Wowzer! Well you need to sue the heck outta the hospital! Sue them for every naira they've got! Make sure you could afford a life supply of artificial limp, the best education and the best care for him by the time this is over. The doctors are grossly incompetent!

whirlwind7:


Just recently, a senator asked who would you accept to perform surgery on you? A merit surgeon or a quota system surgeon.

This isnt funny. I didn't intend for my comment to be funny. I mean, how would that baby feel some years from today, when he's told that he lost an arm because an incompetent doctor happened to be on duty when his mother went into labor.

This is most likely the handiwork of a quota system surgeon. I stand to be corrected though.

whirlwind7:


Just recently, a senator asked who would you accept to perform surgery on you? A merit surgeon or a quota system surgeon.

This isnt funny. I didn't intend for my comment to be funny. I mean, how would that baby feel some years from today, when he's told that he lost an arm because an incompetent doctor happened to be on duty when his mother went into labor.

This is most likely the handiwork of a quota system surgeon. I stand to be corrected though.

Nwodosis:
Even if the baby is dead, must it be dismembered before it is evacuated? Or is it medical quacks at work? Definitely that baby will take revenge on the said Doctor when he's grown.

thorpido:
I will agree that a lot of work needs to be done but NIgerian patients need to take responsibility for their health.That lady that died from a ruptured appendix had been having abdominal pains for weeks without seeking the right treatment.The appendix had already ruptured before she came to Nigeria.Many pregnant women run from C/S only to come back to the same hospital when the baby is already in distress.

madridguy:
Zidane hurt me no be small with his wrong sub.

IamaNigerianGuy:
Dear Nairaland Readers,

I have taken time out of my busy schedule to comment on this news report.

As a doctor I feel very sad and deeply embarrassed at the state of healthcare in Nigeria. We can not afford to ignore this anymore.

There are many comments on this forum about this trend but few are constructive. I will address some of them as a way of making my points.

@DollarAngel -Nigerian doctors are shiits
No. Nigerian doctors are among the best in the world. They practice in every western nation and almost every African country. The only places you do not find Nigerian doctors in numbers are in asia and eastern Europe. Everywhere they go, they excel. But they fail in Nigeria. Does that say something?

@Dottore - Beware!!! Quacks and unqualified professionals are on the loose everywhere
You are right! The system has failed. We do not police the medical system as rigidly as we should. The government devotes as little money as possible to health care because they do not care about you. Nigerians visit quacks for their health needs but the president and governors fly abroad for treatment.
The medical schools are poorly run and make young people suffer unnecessarily to get a degree.
Doctors, nurses, lab scientists go on strike periodically to presss home their demands for a better system but the populace does not support them. How illogical!

@ifenes - Probably an agreement between doctor and baby subconsciously
Nonsense.

@gocaf - what nonsense...... i feel like slapping the hell outa that quack hospital and doctors. imagine a beautiful and innocent child like this, no wonder our politicians prefer London, U.S, Germany and India for proper medical care
our medical practitioners here in naija are 70% responsible for overseas treatment.
what a painful story!
No madam. You got it twisted the politicians are responsible for the poor state of health not the other way around.

@yemiprogress -...crying for this innocent bab
Crying will not solve the problem

The truth is we are too docile as a nation. The youth are weak, they are like sheep, afraid to speak, afraid to protest, afraid to make their voices heard, afraid to educate themselves on their rights.
Stop worshipping politicians. Dino, FFK, Fayose, Buhari, Saraki, et al cannot and do not want your progress. Start asserting your rights. Organize. Join politics. Unfollow all these bastar..ds on fb and twitter. Get a voters card. Start a fb page or whatsapp group. D not sit idly by.

The poor healthcare system will affect you one day no matter how rich or poor.

You are not helpless. You can do something the solution is political

1. Forward the picture of this poor child to the fb page of your Senator, Rep or Governor. Do same to the President, VP and senate president
2. Unfollow any politician on social media accused of corruption or incompetence at least the most obvious ones - Dino, Saraki, Dogara, the governors. #unfollowthebastard
3. Organize. Join a political group - any group as long as its progressive. Take up a leadership position. If you are reading this you are educated; if you are educated you should lead. Don't follow illiterates without certificates and allow them determine your destiny
4. Get a voters card and use it

FavoredGuy:
But a sub came off bench to level score in the 85th minute. How come you are blaming Zidane for wrong sub, which of the sub in partcular?

lookingfly:
Have you heard of fetotomy before?

lookingfly:
Have you heard of fetotomy before?