agbonkamen:
Nigerian Doctors are something else. Their pomposity is too much, we will all die some day when its appointed time. Those who are healthy do not know what God has done for them and still is doing for them.

Exmay:


Just wanna answer the above-highlighted statement.
This statement is a complete lie. if all Staff in Accident emergency keeps going for leave anytime someone dies on their watch, I wonder who will remain on duty.
Even in the developed world, nobody goes on leave following a death on their watch. please don't confuse Police with Medical Practitioners.
Thank you.

Cosplay:


Not a doctor Sir. Far from it.

I just intensely dislike mistruths and half truths and blatant misdirections and misrepresentations in life.

Assumptions will be the death of you.

You didn't answer the question though.


You know for a fact that the requested investigations had no role whatsoever to play in your diagnosis, treatment or general outcome?

I'm genuinely curious.

maestroferddi:
You are wasting my time...

Cosplay:


That's alright.

You don't need to respond. The rational viewers already know what the answer is.

okinakina:
The notable and unfortunate thing about the hospital's rejoinder is the complete lack of empathy and the implied blame of the deceased. No condolences to the family of the deceased. From my own experience, most Nigerian medical personnel are heartless and a mirror of the Nigerian society.

simonlee:
Nigerians are always quick to blame death of patients on hospital management which is very wrong. As a doctor, i know there are lapses in the medical sector and service delivery on our side. [b] But trust me, no medical doctor or personnel will out of wickedness or negligence let someones's coffin rest on his/her conscience. [/:] Some cases get escalated and are beyond our control, but we will always do our best to save lives.

TeamMedics

Mobsync:


I should have written under suspicious/controversial circumstances.

maestroferddi:
I dont waste my saliva on trolls.

Continue wallowing on a twisted sense of propriety...

simonlee:
Nigerians are always quick to blame death of patients on hospital management which is very wrong. As a doctor, i know there are lapses in the medical sector and service delivery on our side. But trust me, no medical doctor or personnel will out of wickedness or negligence let someones's coffin rest on his/her conscience. Some cases get escalated and are beyond our control, but we will always do our best to save lives.

TeamMedics

afrique7:
I have been a Nairalander since 2015 and I hardly respond to topics being discussed but this response really touched a nerve in me. I have been a residence of Ibadan since my birth before relocation overseas in the early 2000 and it pains me to see our public officials trying to defend what is indefensible.

Firstly, for the management of the UCH to say "Late Oluwaseun was given the best medical service that she required when she was brought in" is a lie and everybody that have used (either as patient or relatives of patient) the hospital knows that for a fact.

I can only say this because of my personal experience with the lost of my Father who died in with complication due to Diabetes. My dad was admitted to UCH where he receives treatment for his condition when he fell and had a cut on his leg plus a strain.

Due to UCH negligence he was given a Drip with sugar content which made his body sugar increase. He started to bloat/swell all over the body and no one (Nurse, Consultant, Doctors etc) noticed that the drip they gave to him was sugary until it was too late and he died aged 68 year.

This is just one off uncountable cases/life that have been lost unnecessarily due to all hospital negligence in Nigeria.

I agree that the hospital might have the best medical brains but when there is no compassion shown to patients by medical personnel in Nigeria then your medical degree/knowledge is nothing.

Also if the UCH management can still say that they offer "excellent medical service", then we have real problem in Nigeria and it is really shameful.

EgunMogaji:


Cashier is probably the most important person in this.

Without receipt I’ve heard that care would not commence.

simonlee:

There is no such thing as "appointed time" for death. People literally cut their lives short by certain practices and look forward to miracles saving them. Some get faced with technical issues and instead of dealing with them appropriately, they accept the circumstances and term it "God's will". Don't be ignorant.

AK481:
bloody liars.

the govt needs to have a customer satisfactory feedback form after avery treatment,let the patient raye and appraise their treatment.if any staff apear more than 2 lows per month,he should be fired! ASAP .

and those with consecutive highs should be promoted.

NwaAmaikpe:



I can't see any comment on the cashier who could not do his job because he ate Amala and Ewedu.

UCH should address that too!


If she suffered from Cardiogenic shock; then her boyfriend has every reason to thank God that this girl did not give up under him.
It's just God that saves us.
These girls be shouting "harder harder" when they are unfit walking corpses looking for who to put into trouble.

ozodigboo:
Good.....the complainant never told us dt the girl was mismanaged for FOUR years at a private hospital, and was only brought to UCH Ibadan when she was dying.
Nigerians....always rushing to apportion blame.

doctors were already treating the case. they said a clerk was eating....and so ?
even if she weren't eating, would a clerk be the one to treat the case ?

Exmay:


Hmmmm.... Actually, that is not correct also.
Medical personals will continue to work in their respective station until the conclusion of the coroner's investigation into the circumstances surrounding the death. This can take as much as a year sometimes. if the person is found answerable, then he/she would have to face a disciplinary panel. You can't just excuse a Medical practitioner from duty like that.

A Queensland doctor has been suspended after the death of a patient 10 days ago at the Murgon Hospital in the South Burnett.

The doctor was stood down over allegations that his slow response to an emergency may have contributed to a patient's death.

The doctor was on call at the time.

He has been referred to the Crime and Misconduct Commission and the death is to be investigated by the state coroner.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2006-09-01/doctor-suspended-after-patient-death/1253010

simonlee:
Nigerians are always quick to blame death of patients on hospital management which is very wrong. As a doctor, i know there are lapses in the medical sector and service delivery on our side. But trust me, no medical doctor or personnel will out of wickedness or negligence let someones's coffin rest on his/her conscience. Some cases get escalated and are beyond our control, but we will always do our best to save lives.

TeamMedics

NwaAmaikpe:



I can't see any comment on the cashier who could not do his job because he ate Amala and Ewedu.

UCH should address that too!


If she suffered from Cardiogenic shock; then her boyfriend has every reason to thank God that this girl did not give up under him.
It's just God that saves us.
These girls be shouting "harder harder" when they are unfit walking corpses looking for who to put into trouble.

EsotericMonk:
It goes without saying that patients themselves play a greater role in their own morbidity and mortality.
After jumping from chemist to chemist, from traditional healer to spiritual healer, they then come to the hospital at the 11th hour, expecting a miracle.
Nigerians need to get gigantic mirrors so they can take a long hard look at themselves.
When I see such patients come to the clinic or the emergency, i look on them with pity, cos they succeeded in wasting scarce money on the wrong treatment, yet worsening their condition.

Mobsync:


You are very right about this. In fact, this is how it happens most of the time.

But in certain instances, like this one where someone raised serious allegations after a loss of life, the affected staff is usually suspended.

This UCH incident is a very similar to another that happened in Queensland, Australia. The doctor was suspended after allegations were raised against him. The coroner investigation came after his suspension.

maestroferddi:
Lame as usual.

What a stupid rejoinder...Does anybody need a degree in forensic criminology to decipher that whoever wrote this piece of crap from UCH is trying to pull wool over our eyes? I cry for this land...

Are you contradicting/denying the professional irresponsibility for which most doctors in Nigeria are known for?

This kind of unconscionable attempt to cover up and explain away criminal negligence can only take place in this country...

simonlee:
Nigerians are always quick to blame death of patients on hospital management which is very wrong. As a doctor, i know there are lapses in the medical sector and service delivery on our side. But trust me, no medical doctor or personnel will out of wickedness or negligence let someones's coffin rest on his/her conscience. Some cases get escalated and are beyond our control, but we will always do our best to save lives.

TeamMedics

obi123:


God bless you, the patients themselves should be the one tooting the horn of the hospital not the hospital officials, what the friend of the deceased did was to give a review of the treatment he got while he was there i.e his personal experience unfortunately they failed woefully on this day.

maasoap:




You may want to edit that part.