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Re: Lady Loses Friend At LUTH Because There Was No Bed Space And Consultants by Amhappy(f): 9:18am On Dec 04, 2017
It is only by God's grace that we survive in this country. Our healthcare is zero. Everything sef is zero. Both the government and people are at fault. Most CMD's of Teaching hospitals in Nigeria are even worse than the country's government. They run the hospital down till it becomes a death trap. Doctors salaries are poor so are teachers salaries, police,military and most civil servants so that's no excuse. We all know that salaries of doctors and other outfits in private sector are even poorer yet they perform better. The problem in our hospitals are:poor funding,embezzlement,government officials not using public health facilities, bad lackadaisical attitude to work,poor management and supervision by their superiors(because they are even worse),greed and ultimately no value for life by the Nigerian Government,patients and health practitioners in Nigeria. So everyone is liable. May the family of the deceased be consoled. It's well.
Re: Lady Loses Friend At LUTH Because There Was No Bed Space And Consultants by GavelSlam: 9:20am On Dec 04, 2017
wisino1:
see yourself very selfish I think you are a medical doctor always thinking of how to milk patients so you want people to be paying high exorbitant rate for procedure and the funny thing is most Nigerian doctor don't know anything except for some few

Dem forbid make you study medicine or your brain no catch am?
Re: Lady Loses Friend At LUTH Because There Was No Bed Space And Consultants by olabamiyo(m): 9:23am On Dec 04, 2017
Whose Fault? People will always lay blame on doctor (sometimes nurses).....i stopped complaining since the time the first lady went to the 3 billion clinic and could only rant and complain and since then nothing has been done. Do they Care? Any little complain and they are out of the country. May God keep us in health and may we be wise in voting leaders
Re: Lady Loses Friend At LUTH Because There Was No Bed Space And Consultants by wisino1(m): 9:27am On Dec 04, 2017
GavelSlam:

Dem forbid make you study medicine or your brain no catch am?
no everybody cannot study medicine you only study what you have passion for that is why most of you guys that study medicine based on parents recommendation ends up practicing rubbish......as for the brain I am an electrical engineer so don't go there
Re: Lady Loses Friend At LUTH Because There Was No Bed Space And Consultants by JoNach: 9:28am On Dec 04, 2017
[quote author=9jakohai post=62961552]Hmmmm

1.We were not told what disease the friend was suffering from....that needed a consultant, or how long it took said friend to get to the hospital from onset of illness.

2.Teaching hospitals in Nigeria are busy.

3.Healthcare funding in Nigeria is low because we are not willing to pay for it. Govt refuses to fund healthcare adequately, and people want 'free health care' which between them deprive hospitals of funding.

4.I know doctors in this country can be awful....but sometimes, people just bash medics without getting the full facts.[/quo

You are a standard bastard!!!... You will never have sense , may you loose your close one same way and understand that the hospitals are busy and people don't want to pay for treatment despite the huge tax generated by the government.
Re: Lady Loses Friend At LUTH Because There Was No Bed Space And Consultants by GavelSlam: 9:31am On Dec 04, 2017
wisino1:
no everybody cannot study medicine you only study what you have passion for that is why most of you guys that study medicine based on parents recommendation ends up practicing rubbish......as for the brain I am an electrical engineer so don't go there
Cut and join engineer.

That's why you dey collect 70k
Re: Lady Loses Friend At LUTH Because There Was No Bed Space And Consultants by madgoat(m): 9:33am On Dec 04, 2017
mangala14:
LUTH is a death trap. If you are refer there, you can as well seek forgiveness cos your days are numbered. Bed-ridden patients were treated outside when I was still a student.
You are very useless for this statement. So u are a former student and yarning rubbish like this? I doubt u were a medical student, probably u were studying physiology and know nothing about the clinical aspect of luth
Re: Lady Loses Friend At LUTH Because There Was No Bed Space And Consultants by Rutley(m): 9:37am On Dec 04, 2017
Same LUTH i lost a dear friend in august because thre oxygen finish at mid of the night
Re: Lady Loses Friend At LUTH Because There Was No Bed Space And Consultants by Nobody: 9:38am On Dec 04, 2017
JoNach:
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God bless
Re: Lady Loses Friend At LUTH Because There Was No Bed Space And Consultants by wisino1(m): 9:38am On Dec 04, 2017
GavelSlam:
Cut and join engineer.

That's why you dey collect 70k
it depends on what you are paying 70k for........definitely there are jobs I can do for you for 70k after all there is high,medium and low level class people so we have to cater for every body.....since you fall into the low level class we will help you with what you have
Re: Lady Loses Friend At LUTH Because There Was No Bed Space And Consultants by amiablejudy(f):
Its unfortunate what happened to the above person. I had a miscarriage that was managed in LUTH emergency, I won't get into details but the Doctor on call tried his best because I kept bleeding and almost passed out. He had to set an infusion in the car cos no bed space till late at night when we kept insisting that a solution be provided.
From that point we went to buying drugs, scanning at each point you will experience a hitch cos people are tired and they want immediate gratification.When I was discharged to go cos I spent 10hrs there the uneducated nurse came and said before the canulla for drip set will be removed I will do an assessment. The so called assessments was for us to go to the pharmacy and X-ray department where the finance people are staying at the moment.On getting there I was asked to pay for Ward and soap. Note I was brought into emergency and I didn't stay up to 24hrs so why the above payment. Its not the money that is the issue but why give it a name just to syphon funds that won't be accounted for via TSA.We left I removed the drip set myself,I will go back for review and I will require explanations until it's given I won't part with my funds.
Until we require accountability at our level, we will not see any change in Nigeria, this is our country and we must detect what happens to us. Even if you leave your relatives are here so let's rise and walk to change. God bless you, God bless Nigeria.
Re: Lady Loses Friend At LUTH Because There Was No Bed Space And Consultants by emeths: 9:47am On Dec 04, 2017
I am a living testimony to this. May 2014 I was rushed to LUTH from federal medical centre yaba ,only to be told there was no bed. They even showed us a bullet ridden man that was seriously bleeding to death lying in the car beside me , that infact I was third on the queue. They asked if we can pay 50k for a private ward and that the consultant won't be around till Tuesday and Thursdays...and this was Friday.
my people the rest na story. . .If you don't believe in God , then you need a psychiatrist.
If they refer you to LUTH and it is the only place they think you will get help, please please say your last PRAYERS.
Re: Lady Loses Friend At LUTH Because There Was No Bed Space And Consultants by GavelSlam: 9:53am On Dec 04, 2017
wisino1:
it depends on what you are paying 70k for........definitely there are jobs I can do for you for 70k after all there is high,medium and low level class people so we have to cater for every body.....since you fall into the low level class we will help you with what you have
But you want doctors to earn peanuts.
Re: Lady Loses Friend At LUTH Because There Was No Bed Space And Consultants by GavelSlam:
emeths:
I am a living testimony to this. May 2014 I was rushed to LUTH from federal medical centre yaba ,only to be told there was no bed. They even showed us a bullet ridden man that was seriously bleeding to death lying in the car beside me , that infact I was third on the queue. They asked if we can pay 50k for a private ward and that the consultant won't be around till Tuesday and Thursdays...and this was Friday.
my people the rest na story. . .If you don't believe in God , then you need a psychiatrist.
If they refer you to LUTH and it is the only place they think you will get help, please please say your last PRAYERS.
Bed shortage is a worldwide phenomenon.

No hospital can cater for everyone at all times.

We need more hospitals and better funding.

Should Nigeria adopt the NHS standard of the UK we would be better for it though Nigerians would still complain.

Every worker should contribute a portion of his monthly salary even 2.5% to a trust which manages the government hospitals and then we'll see some improvement.

Otherwise it would continue to be Medicare to the highest bidder.
Re: Lady Loses Friend At LUTH Because There Was No Bed Space And Consultants by lebete3000:
I've got a colleague who's a Resident Doctor in Psychiatry in LUTH who abandoned his training for greener pastures abroad once he passed his exams. Even Consultants are dumping their posts to start afresh abroad.

Yet PMB continues to say anyone that wants to leave should leave and the Zombies keep chanting "Sai Baba" like deranged clowns.

My target is b4 my ECOWAS passport expires in 2020 for me too to vamoose comot this shithole.

Make una continue to dey blame doctors while you hail Senators that lavish your commonwealth on exotic lifestyles....Nigerians are just comical.
Re: Lady Loses Friend At LUTH Because There Was No Bed Space And Consultants by mangala14(m): 10:33am On Dec 04, 2017
madgoat:
You are very useless for this statement. So u are a former student and yarning rubbish like this? I doubt u were a medical student, probably u were studying physiology and know nothing about the clinical aspect of luth
Your moniker says it all. I need not defend the school cos that's the truth
Re: Lady Loses Friend At LUTH Because There Was No Bed Space And Consultants by Nobody: 11:15am On Dec 04, 2017
Our government is to be held responsible, LUTH is a referral center from all hospitals, and we know the population of Lagos. Why can't government expand such hospitals equip them and increase man power even the few people that are working there are traveling out seeking for greener pasture because they know what there counterparts are abroad are earning. Same thing goes to UCH, LASUTH e.t.c.But our law makers are busy buying 360cars worth billions of Naira when they can not even pay good salary for their workers.
Re: Lady Loses Friend At LUTH Because There Was No Bed Space And Consultants by madgoat(m): 12:01pm On Dec 04, 2017
mangala14:
Your moniker says it all. I need not defend the school cos that's the truth
U dnt need to defend the school because u could never have been a medical student there. Maybe u have a shop on the premises grin or you are a food seller at Foodie or compssa and u want to start claiming as if u knw how the clinical aspect of luth is run. undecided
Re: Lady Loses Friend At LUTH Because There Was No Bed Space And Consultants by FroshJaynex(m): 12:04pm On Dec 04, 2017
9jakohai:
Hmmmm

1.We were not told what disease the friend was suffering from....that needed a consultant, or how long it took said friend to get to the hospital from onset of illness.

2.Teaching hospitals in Nigeria are busy.

3.Healthcare funding in Nigeria is low because we are not willing to pay for it. Govt refuses to fund healthcare adequately, and people want 'free health care' which between them deprive hospitals of funding.

4.I know doctors in this country can be awful....but sometimes, people just bash medics without getting the full facts.
Bros what type of Pentium does ur brain run? Teaching hospitals are too busy to save a life? Just Ghana here, with ur insurance card you can walk to any governmental hospital to get drugs for free even though na ordinary headache. Pls let's call a spade a spade, Nigeria still has a long way to go. Stop all theses ur oyoyo talks.!
Re: Lady Loses Friend At LUTH Because There Was No Bed Space And Consultants by FroshJaynex(m): 12:04pm On Dec 04, 2017
9jakohai:
Hmmmm

1.We were not told what disease the friend was suffering from....that needed a consultant, or how long it took said friend to get to the hospital from onset of illness.

2.Teaching hospitals in Nigeria are busy.

3.Healthcare funding in Nigeria is low because we are not willing to pay for it. Govt refuses to fund healthcare adequately, and people want 'free health care' which between them deprive hospitals of funding.

4.I know doctors in this country can be awful....but sometimes, people just bash medics without getting the full facts.
Bros what type of brain does ur brain run? Teaching hospitals are too busy to save a life? Just Ghana here, with ur insurance card you can walk to any governmental hospital to get drugs for free even though na ordinary headache. Pls let's call a spade a spade, Nigeria still has a long way to go. Stop all theses ur oyoyo talks.! And guess what it cost just 15ghc to get that card which is not up to #2000 here in Nigeria.
Re: Lady Loses Friend At LUTH Because There Was No Bed Space And Consultants by mangala14(m): 12:21pm On Dec 04, 2017
madgoat:
U dnt need to defend the school because u could never have been a medical student there. Maybe u have a shop on the premises grin or you are a food seller at Foodie or compssa and u want to start claiming as if u knw how the clinical aspect of luth is run. undecided
Cheers goat.. The Provost of LUTH
Re: Lady Loses Friend At LUTH Because There Was No Bed Space And Consultants by Nobody: 12:29pm On Dec 04, 2017
FroshJaynex:
Bros what type of brain does ur brain run? Teaching hospitals are too busy to save a life? Just Ghana here, with ur insurance card you can walk to any governmental hospital to get drugs for free even though na ordinary headache. Pls let's call a spade a spade, Nigeria still has a long way to go. Stop all theses ur oyoyo talks.! And guess what it cost just 15ghc to get that card which is not up to #2000 here in Nigeria.
But someone needs to pay...somewhere.

Ghana also has a smaller population than Nigeria.

Revenue for the treasury in Nigeria has been diminished by corruption, the fact that our economy is poorly diversified, and so on

And in Nigeria...we do have health insurance. NHIS, PHIS dey...you only pay 10% of costs.

Plus...we still don't know what illness the op's friend was suffering from.

If there is no space in a hospital, there is no space. Lagos has other tertiary hospitals.

And you could have made your points without insulting me, by the way.
Re: Lady Loses Friend At LUTH Because There Was No Bed Space And Consultants by thedondada(m): 12:36pm On Dec 04, 2017
Princedapace:
Just the way policemen are lowly paid, go to dangerous missions without safety kits, no life insurance, no good accommodations, govt has refused to take care of officers, and we expect them to perform wonders abi? I'm sure, probably, u are among those who scream end SARS. Maybe yes or no. But just saying. My point is, just as u have raised, govt has refused to do the right thing. As it is in hospital, so it is in security units. Shame on nigeria. Nigerians should channel their campaign against the govt and not mere doctors or mere policemen who are hungry.
Either you or someone close to you is a policeman.
Re: Lady Loses Friend At LUTH Because There Was No Bed Space And Consultants by LaudateII: 1:13pm On Dec 04, 2017
Priscy01:
A heartbroken Nigerian lady took to Twitter to narrate the incident that led to her friend’s death, even after he was taken to LUTH (Lagos State University Teaching Hospital).

According to her, her friend died because there was no bed space, and when a bed space was found, there was no
consultant at LUTH at the time he was admitted.

Here are her tweets;

http://www.torimill.com/2017/12/lady-loses-friend-at-luth-because-there.html

Lalasticlala Mynd44 Dominique
LUTH is Lagos University Teaching Hospital located at Idi-Araba near Surulere in Lagos. It is owned by the federal govt. LASUTH is Lagos State University Teaching Hospital located in Ikeja, also in Lagos. It is owned by the state govt. Which one exactly is she referring to?

Anyway it doesn't matter. May God console her and grant the departed person, eternal rest. Amen...
Re: Lady Loses Friend At LUTH Because There Was No Bed Space And Consultants by IFNOTGOD(m): 1:13pm On Dec 04, 2017
9jakohai:
Hmmmm

1.We were not told what disease the friend was suffering from....that needed a consultant, or how long it took said friend to get to the hospital from onset of illness.

2.Teaching hospitals in Nigeria are busy.

3.Healthcare funding in Nigeria is low because we are not willing to pay for it. Govt refuses to fund healthcare adequately, and people want 'free health care' which between them deprive hospitals of funding.

4.I know doctors in this country can be awful....but sometimes, people just bash medics without getting the full facts.
I believe u posted cos u just want to post.

dat u ate referred to a teaching hospital does not necessarily mean it's a disease can b an injury n again why do we pay tax to d govt cos it's not u date y u can b asking such irrelevant questions for ur information there are doctors who are wasting away in private hospitals.

who's fault is it dat d hospitals are not funded guy if u no get anything to contribute den shut up, we are so insensitive to oda people's plight

rubbish post
Re: Lady Loses Friend At LUTH Because There Was No Bed Space And Consultants by LaudateII: 1:15pm On Dec 04, 2017
GavelSlam:
Bed shortage is a worldwide phenomenon.

No hospital can cater for everyone at all times.

We need more hospitals and better funding.

Should Nigeria adopt the NHS standard of the UK we would be better for it though Nigerians would still complain.

Every worker should contribute a portion of his monthly salary even 2.5% to a trust which manages the government hospitals and then we'll see some improvement.

Otherwise it would continue to be Medicare to the highest bidder.
Bed shortage may be a world wide phenomenon, but emergency medical care should not be part of it. If prompt emergency care had been given, the patient might have survived.
Re: Lady Loses Friend At LUTH Because There Was No Bed Space And Consultants by LaudateII: 1:20pm On Dec 04, 2017
Olemabu:
No Consultant at the time she was admitted? Does she know the meaning of "Consultant"?
the casualty officer sees before a Medical House Officer, before a junior Registrar, before a senior registrar, before a Consultant.
A Consultant not being around is not a thing to say.

may God strengthen the family.
.
RIP to the dead.
Is the consultant a mini-god, a deity or a principality? Why can't the patient see him? If the case is too complicated for the Medical House Officer, junior Registrar, and senior registrar, why can't the consultant be called in? And there was no evidence to show that the Medical House Officer, junior Registrar, and senior registrar, were even available to provide the patient with emergency medical care to stabilise him or treat his condition.
Re: Lady Loses Friend At LUTH Because There Was No Bed Space And Consultants by LaudateII:
9jakohai:
Hmmmm

1.We were not told what disease the friend was suffering from....that needed a consultant, or how long it took said friend to get to the hospital from onset of illness.

2.Teaching hospitals in Nigeria are busy.

3.Healthcare funding in Nigeria is low because we are not willing to pay for it. Govt refuses to fund healthcare adequately, and people want 'free health care' which between them deprive hospitals of funding.

4.I know doctors in this country can be awful....but sometimes, people just bash medics without getting the full facts.
So because you were not told what disease the patient was suffering from, does that mean he was not entitled to prompt emergency medical care? If such care had been given quickly, and the patient was stabilised, wouldn't the story have been different?

Nigerian doctors in public hospitals are some of the most inconsiderate, insensitive, unhelpful, undisciplined, uncaring species, anyone can come across.
Re: Lady Loses Friend At LUTH Because There Was No Bed Space And Consultants by Nobody: 1:28pm On Dec 04, 2017
LaudateII:
So be cause you were not told what disease the patient was suffering from, does that mean he was not entitled to prompt emergency medical care? If such care had been given quickly, and the patient was stabilised, wouldn't the story have been different?

Nigerian doctors in public hospitals are some of the most inconsiderate, insensitive, unhelpful, undisciplined, non-diligent species, any one can come across.
Did I say anywhere that he isn't entitled to care?

OK... See misinterpretation.

And you missed the bit about there being no space in the hospital!

In other words, hospital busy!

Good afternoon.
Re: Lady Loses Friend At LUTH Because There Was No Bed Space And Consultants by lizzynicole: 1:29pm On Dec 04, 2017
I don't pray for my enemy to be taken to LUTH,their absentness was what killed my mother a day to the day she was to be discharge. Is already 25years but the pain still lingers because Luth official made me motherless at a tender age
Re: Lady Loses Friend At LUTH Because There Was No Bed Space And Consultants by Nobody: 1:29pm On Dec 04, 2017
IFNOTGOD:
I believe u posted cos u just want to post.

dat u ate referred to a teaching hospital does not necessarily mean it's a disease can b an injury n again why do we pay tax to d govt cos it's not u date y u can b asking such irrelevant questions for ur information there are doctors who are wasting away in private hospitals.

who's fault is it dat d hospitals are not funded guy if u no get anything to contribute den shut up, we are so insensitive to oda people's plight

rubbish post
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