best comments i've ever seen on nairaland

a ghost? really? what was the ghost wearing? bikini or bum shot? in what language did she spoke? chai! i see dead people too after smoking some high grade ganja from malawi.

alanka:
The dead expected him to do more spiritually to save her.

Of cause, she has chance to save her, if he has being more spiritual in carrying out his medical duty.

She knew that, the doctor had a very strong chance to save her. Because she was dead and alive so she was able to see how powerful the doctor is. She got vary angry that you have power to save her but you failed her.

You truly, got it wrong doctor. Connect to heaven when carrying out your duty saves many lives than being only medical.

You have chance to save five before some else saves two. Let leave the rest.

I think you are very correct. The doctor has special spiritual abilities that he he himself is not aware of. That is why a ghost can talk to him,

As you rightly said the doctor should use his "gift" in subsequent cases. I think that is the lesson of the case.

eph123:


"Those ghosts" would need to start with the people who loot the money meant for medical equipments and staff salaries.

Good answer. Succinct and to the point.

ade712:


I think you are very correct. The doctor has special spiritual abilities that he he himself is not aware of. That is why a ghost can talk to him,

As you rightly said the doctor should use his "gift" in subsequent cases. I think that is the lesson of the case.

ok

Airforce1:

If he's qualified, why put a call across a colleague on what drug to give a patient in critical condition?

In medicine you call for help when u can't handle or not familiar with a case;no one knows it all.
This is the problem we have with Nigerians who think the doctors that refer them do not know what to do but believe the quacks that obviously doesn't know what to do,mismanages them and then push them out when their condition becomes critical.
Learn to appreciate nigerian doctors who are honest.

eph123, come and see o.

This world is indeed deep...

Unbelivable

duketunde:
"I encountered the ghost of a dead woman yesterday night/early hours of this morning. Remembering it still sends chills across my body.
Personally, I don't believe in ghosts. I know that it is appointed unto men once to die, and after that, judgment follows. I said let me tell you, to hear your opinion. I don't know who else to confide in about this. I'm a doctor. I can't be telling stories about ghosts online. No one will believe it. I'll sound insane.

Yesterday night that brought in today, I took call for a colleague who was having menstrual pain. She begged me to do the call for her. Then, a woman was brought in with what I suspected to be post surgical sepsis. The op site was soaked with effluent from the wound. The surgery was done at State Specialist Hospital three days prior to presenting to us. Her temperature read "Hi" on the thermometer, which means her body was so hot that the thermometer could not record it. I called my seniors who were in theatre then, told them what I have with me in the emergency, and I took instructions from them. I secured IV access. I gave 2g of IV cefriaxone (Rocephin brand) stat, and IV Flagyl 500mg stat. She was going. I called my seniors again and told them temperature is not coming down after one hour. I was told to give IV PCM 600mg stat. I then reopened the wound, washed with NS, and redressed with savlon and povidone iodine.

She was a Yoruba Christian. She was praying, holding my hands, saying that I should not let her die, that she still has little children at home. She then started behaving abnormally, talking irrationally and screaming, also convulsing intermittently.
At this point, I called a senior who came in, assessed her and told me privately that she won't make it. He told me to continue masterly activity which I did.

She finally died after few hours she was brought in. I certified her dead in her file, disconnected all life support, and went to my house to sleep around 3am when the call got less busy. I was weak and sad. Did you know, this woman followed me home. I was shocked when I felt there was someone looking at me from my window. My body was shaking. I've never believed in ghosts, but she came to my window and stood there, with same clothes she was wearing when she was brought in. She said why did I allow her to die. I was lost for words for a moment, thinking I was dreaming. But damn, it wasn't a dream. I just drank coke from the fridge few minutes ago. I rebuked her in Jesus' name, telling her I did my best. I told her to go back to where she came from. She stood there for a while, looking at me, then turned and walked away. I heard her footsteps as she walked away. I didn't sleep again till morning. I opened the fridge and took out coke and drank, to be sure I was not dreaming, then started praying in tongues to control the fear in my heart."

What can be a reasonable explanation for this?

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IamaNigerianGuy:


Your posts are getting more irritating with every iteration.
The doctors management of this patient will pass the test of competence ANYWHERE in the world. If you have a better management plan given the history and presentation of the patient, please let us know.

Must you comment ? Especially on things you know nothing about?

Look Here! The ghost was right. The doctor did his best but it wasn't enough. The man didn't tell us that she wasn't d only patient he was attending too. And u r defend what u don't know.

All these illiterates here attacking the doctor, go and educate yourselves before you come here ranting.
Firstly, the patient was referred to them from another hospital at a time when the sepsis had gone too far and beyond what they could handle at the hospital where she had the surgery. So you can't blame this doctor.

Secondly, sepsis is fatal when it isn't discovered in time. 30% of people who develop sepsis post-surgery anywhere around the world end up dead.

So what we have here is a case of a patient with sepsis which has gone too far going to a hospital to seek medical attention too late.

LordOfNaira:
eph123, come and see o.

Lol! I am not seeing abeg before I start "hearing footsteps" of the ghost, lmao. I bet you have pictures of the ghost on your horror blog

twosquare:
Not necessarily a demon, there are mysteries not yet understood. Also, humans are spirits, demons are spirits, angels too are spirits, and the last two commune with our world while the first on rare occasions do likewise. Men owns the earth originally, but the reason their spirit cannot stay for long in this terrain is that the earth is not safe for a human spirit to be residing here, reason for passage to a higher world where security and safety is - heaven, for those who obeyed God.

Some people make brief appearances after death to inform their loved ones about their departure while some don't. The human spirit is so powerful, don't underestimate it. Also, even when Jesus was raised, it was said graves were opened, and some dead saints, believers in Elohim went to visit their loved ones and appeared unto many.

Permission can be granted to a human spirit to just appear to their loved ones or someone close to them, before their final departure into the world of the angelic. Some, nay.

Right.

Airforce1:

How can a single doctor be handling a patient in critical condition?

Are they short staffed?

If u r born in Nigeria ur life is worth just 1 kobo or less. Don't think u will be given adequate care in emergency. Dem go dey handle ur case like u r free die.

victorDanladi:
Mr Man go and sleep.You know nothing about medical practice!!

The medical practice that kip sending more Nigerians to early grave. My friend go and sit down. Na u no sabi ur work. Una need to relearn una discipline. Nigerian doctors na medical marketers working for different companies. Referrer doctors

Visual and auditory hallucination. It's obvious that managing that patient's case took a toil on you. Her plea not to let her die was too much for you to take. You were Binding and talking to what was not there... You would be ok after some rest.

IamaNigerianGuy:


They just come here to spew thrash. Most of them have not even successfully written jamb.

You just hit the nail in the head,Nairaland nowadays is 80% occupied by teens who can't pass their jamb,this is now their past time where they come to tag each other Igbo and afonja.

victorDanladi:
You have problem.



you came up with the doctor incompetence you were busted.



you then came up with the number of doctors?



just rewrite UTME and spend 8years in medical school..
may be your own consultant will teach you:



-the pathogenesis of death
-Anti-death drug and its pharmacology
-Anti-deathoplasty,the procedure and complication.


It's better you just face your musical carrier!

No come here to bobo us with this trash ur call medicine. Let me ask u. How many lives have u saved since u bcam a doctor ? Quacks!

eph123:


Lol! I am not seeing abeg before I start "hearing footsteps" of the ghost, lmao. I bet you have pictures of the ghost on your horror blog

It wasn't a ghost he saw anyway. It was a demon impersonating a ghost.

Do you want to know more?

You Don't Have To Believe Everything Before They Can Be Real. Your Experience Is One Of A Typical African. I Tell You This Things Are Real,i Am Not A Doctor,but A Father To Meeting Strange Things As Such,some Times When We Tell Those Who Are Lucky Out Of This Experiences They'll Argue You To An Anoing State That Atimes You Start Wishing Them A Worse Fate To Experience. So You See,its Real.

sisisioge:




I swearit! It happened. Nobody believed me then, so not shocked you don't too

We can't all be wrong........

LordOfNaira:


It wasn't a ghost he saw anyway. It was a demon impersonating a ghost.

Do you want to know more?

I hear you.
Nope, absolutely not interested in knowing more.

eph123:


I hear you.
Nope, absolutely not interested in knowing more.

Don't be scared, Eph. The doctor was merely hallucinating!!!

eph123:


"Those ghosts" would need to start with the people who loot the money meant for medical equipments and staff salaries.

Wat of d ghost of innocent children and harmless pple killed by fulani herdsmen and boko haram. Do I don't believe in ghost cos once u die it's judgment may b it's his conscience dats is telling him u could ve done more. That's y he imagined wat he thinks he saw. Definitely not a ghost cos dey don't exist

eph123:


"Those ghosts" would need to start with the people who loot the money meant for medical equipments and staff salaries.

Wat of d ghost of innocent children and harmless pple killed by fulani herdsmen and boko haram. Though I don't believe in ghost cos once u die it's judgment may b it's his conscience dats is telling him u could ve done more. That's y he imagined wat he thinks he saw. Definitely not a ghost cos dey don't exist

dat was a jinn, dat took her image. souls dont haunt ppl.... it s d work of jinns

Airforce1:

From what I read here, he's not even a qualified doctor yet they allowed him to treat on a patient in critical condition.

Where were the senior doctors at that he had to call them on phone to seek for guardance..
Or are they short staffed?

You can't even spell guidance?

What then are you to determine a doctor's qualification?

Airforce1:

From what I read here, he's not even a qualified doctor yet they allowed him to treat on a patient in critical condition.

Where were the senior doctors at that he had to call them on phone to seek for guardance..


Or are they short staffed?

Hey bro/sis... The procedures carried out by the Doctor was SOP.

Moreover he contacted his seniors every step of the way.

So why not keep mum if you have no experience in issues such as this

SalamRushdie:
I am still wondering what the Doctor could have done better with the way she arrived because he gave her all the right antibiotics (I am not to sure of the pcm IV he administered though) ..She had gone fully septic and the only solution there was to slow down her heart beat significantly, thin up the blood ,induce coma and hook her up to a dialysis machine to aid the kidney while antibiotics are being administered and I would also administer intravenous charcoal (very radical rough approach but her case was bad )

Won't the charcoal clog up her kidneys?

adadike281:
U did your best. if God wants, he would have let her live. if she comes again, tell her to table her case before God, that u did your best. it might even be a demon in disguise and not d actual ghost. free your mind and maybe spend days with a family member or close friend. ndo, jisike.

l agree with you.
Ghosts are not spirits of the dead but demons wearing the guise of the deceased to deceive the living.
It could also be the doc was hallucinating from the severe emotional trauma he just witnessed.