ultron12345:
The government is to blame for this for not providing enough beds and facilities in public hospitals, but how can they provide it when Nigerians pay abysmally low prices for public health services, untill the health sector is privatized and Nigerians or health insurance companies are made to pay the real cost of health services I don't see it getting better.

There is nothing wrong with the demand of N250k by the private hospital, they are businesses and have the right not to give services on credit

kattytamer:

And you think the parents didnt try this before they took the baby to the hospital? Do you know how much damages have been done due to self-medication and quacks?

...quality education, security, health-care, job-creation should be the least any govt should guarantee...so much innefficiency to deal...restructure the country already let the basic issues be tackled at the local govt/ward level rather than far in abuja.

1miccza:


And of course everything's right with a young child dying due to lack of funds right? People like you are our biggest problem.

IamaNigerianGuy:


At presentation the girl was in all likelihood an emergency case. The hospital should have helped stabilize her. It does not cost N250k to drain an ear infection and provide antibiotics and fluids.
Your other submissions are on point.

LilSmith55:


That the truth but at least save the baby first den lock the parent in prison if they refuse to pay the money... RIP little baby

blessingsonflee:
Life or Money which comes first? If I may ask? Do you know how long they must have waited to have that child?... the Love of Money is the root...May her soul rest in peace

Flaghouse1:
/ultron12345

mickeymimi:
Oh no ...poor baby.....
Buhari went for ear infection treatment in London because he value his life..... .at the expense of Nigeria.. cos he did not trust our health service and the hospital in Aso rock.

When he came back.... he could not even build a low cost public funded hospital for the citizens to say thank you.....because he did not value their lives...

Why cant they just build just one top of the range ...outstanding hospital in Nigeria ... where people from abroad can also come to receive medical care....it is not as if Nigeria does not have the money .....but they are ready to spend billions on election.

ultron12345:
The government is to blame for this for not providing enough beds and facilities in public hospitals, but how can they provide it when Nigerians pay abysmally low prices for public health services, untill the health sector is privatized and Nigerians or health insurance companies are made to pay the real cost of health services I don't see it getting better.

There is nothing wrong with the demand of N250k by the private hospital, they are businesses and have the right not to give services on credit

LilSmith55:


That the truth but at least save the baby first den lock the parent in prison if they refuse to pay the money... RIP little baby

Flaghouse1:
/ultron12345

ceejay80s:


they do that because they depend only on peoples taxes, but here in nigeria we made bastard money from oil oil from 1970 till today, most things here in nigeria is expected to be free,why do u think that there was free education back in the days of awolowo and nnamdi azikiwe?

ultron12345:
oga, what is right is right and what is wrong is wrong, whether it favors you or not.

After treatment how are you sure they will be able or willing to pay. Hospitals have learnt from past experience, we have all seen cases where patients flee from the hospital when recovered without payment, when patients families call thugs to beat hospital workers, there was even one here on Nairaland where LUTH demanded N800k after treatment, instead of the relatives to pay up they came to Nairaland to be ranting on why LUTH would charge such a sum. If hospitals keep getting owed, how will they buy fuel, buy drugs, buy equipment, pay suppliers, pay salaries.

Flaghouse1:


You should show empathy is some situations, that is why I had to jump into your mention, however since hospital need to run as a going concern atleast we the humans there need to be caring,
I wouldn't lie seeing the picture of that little baby I was nearly down to tears but had to contain myself, just see the beautiful soul wasted due to parents ignorance coupled wth the greed in the system -hospital refusing to help unless you pay money,
Agreed some patients misuse the opportunity why not give this one benefit of doubt sir !!!

ultron12345:
The government is to blame for this for not providing enough beds and facilities in public hospitals, but how can they provide it when Nigerians pay abysmally low prices for public health services, untill the health sector is privatized and Nigerians or health insurance companies are made to pay the real cost of health services I don't see it getting better.

There is nothing wrong with the demand of N250k by the private hospital, they are businesses and have the right not to give services on credit

Flaghouse1:


You should show empathy is some situations, that is why I had to jump into your mention, however since hospital need to run as a going concern atleast we the humans there need to be caring,
I wouldn't lie seeing the picture of that little baby I was nearly down to tears but had to contain myself, just see the beautiful soul wasted due to parents ignorance coupled wth the greed in the system -hospital refusing to help unless you pay money,
Agreed some patients misuse the opportunity why not give this one benefit of doubt sir !!!

helpee:
you are the main problem we have. It is not right for the boy to die for lack of fund neither is it right for the private hospital to use their money to treat the boy. How many patient do you think a private hospital can treat on credit with their own money when it is most likely the patient wont pay once they are well or if the boy eventually dies? so nigerians must stop blaming private hospitals for demanding for their money but rather make govt enact a law that will ensure insurance or some other people pay back money after emergency treatment. Once they tell you there is no space in LASUTH....na lie. It means the case is so critical that chances of survival is slim. Such cases are naturally expensive. If the private hospital accepts them and treat them without deposit, should the patient die, not only will you lose all the money you have spent they will even blame you for not doing enough. They will refuse to ppay forgeting the effort you made in treating a critically ill patient usually requires fund. How much credit can private hospitals accommodate in a month?

ultron12345:
The government is to blame for this for not providing enough beds and facilities in public hospitals, but how can they provide it when Nigerians pay abysmally low prices for public health services, untill the health sector is privatized and Nigerians or health insurance companies are made to pay the real cost of health services I don't see it getting better.

There is nothing wrong with the demand of N250k by the private hospital, they are businesses and have the right not to give services on credit

helpee:
so it is every emergency you can stabilise right? How? After stabilisation then what next? How do they transfer the patient? You must learn how to think beyond the story. If it is an ordinary ear infection you think LASUTH will tell them there was no bed? When they say there is no bed in general hospital in nigeria, most times it is because the case is so critical the chances of survival is slim so they just used the NO BED alibi to push them away. The baby probably developed MENINGITIS and must have been unconscious and probably convulsing by the time they were running around. In children, meningitis is a relatively common sequelae of ear infection. In such a case the baby would require critical care and in most cases, ventilator so it is not about draining ear infection. so if in the end the baby dies while stabilizing in your language after the hospital has incurred thousands in cost and the parent refuses to pay and even abuse them, they should just count it as bad debt abi and repeat the cycle tommorrow? it doesnt work.

ultron12345:
the hospital has been giving different people benefit of doubt and they all end up the same, the typical Nigerian does not like to repay debt. The hospital has learnt from past experience