The so called life saving blood transfusions is a myth. Whatever U decide ,everything got its price.

Cmanforall:

It is sad the country just lost someone again. May his soul and the souls of all the faithful departed rest in peace.

The point you made here to extort the hospital or the doctors can be counterproductive to the healthcare system. Although the facts she raised has not been verified but you are already proposing on shutting down the hospital with such billions of naira. This will invariably mean that thousands (if not millions) of ordinary citizens that depend on that hospital will be denied adequate healthcare services they desire.
Negligence as you pointed out is not the case here. The young man was attended to, and given treatment, which she acknowledged. But mentioning overdosage without evidence has been criticized by previous commenters, so won't go into that. However, blaming doctors who were trying to save the life of her brother and requesting for blood is more of emotions at this moment. If it was wrong blood as she pointed out, the fault can be from a lab scientist that did the crossmatching, however, the doctor bears the blame.
It is unfortunate this incidence occurred, but I can see the hospital were doing their best to save the young man.

I'm not in the medical field but one thing I know is that doctors, nurses and those working in the medical field knows how crucial their job entails in saving of lives.

if the lady alleged that a wrong blood was administered to her brother which led to his death and a doctor who's a professional couldn't notice changes on the young man during treatment then the doctor,lab scientist should be held liable for gross negligence.

Ukoma9:
Let her just gather all her facts, get a very good lawyer and sue their sorry ass. Make enough money from it and leave this shithole country.

Nothing will Happen still sorry

Chinny024:
Instead of employing nurses and doctors who have passed through schools, trainings,Seminars,conferences,and workshops in accordance with Licensed bodies they prefer to get Auxiliaries ,quacks and technicians to practice with human body.....
t's only in Nigeria private hospitals that you can see where nurses are being trained...It's wrong Nigeria should wake up.....
This people are death trap...

Student nurses are mainly trained in HOSPITALS and they work alongside qualified Nurses

You think buhari and his fellow politicians are mad when they travel to Uk or USA for any little sickness? They know they health system here is messed up. If you know the number of people nigerian doctors and hospitals especially govt hospitals have killed, then you will understand that there is no hope anywhere.

BeingFrank:
The bolded summarizes my point empty inflated ego.

But he is right! Do you know about medicine more than a qualified doctor?

correctbae:
An aggrieved lady has taken to her facebook page to call out General hospital, Ijede for administering wrong blood and excess injection to her brother which eventually led to his death.

Her post:

And u guys thought u could jes kill my only brother and go scot free
I swear down u all will mourn over your children
Imagine a general hospital dat has doctors nd nurses dat are not qualified
Buh jes because of d money u wanna collect
U all were all greedy
Firstly u gave my brother an overdose injection
As if dat was not enough
U gave him a wrong blood ....u gave him a blood dat doesnot really match his blood group
Den suddenly he changed and died
General hospital ijede i swear u guys will all mourn

Source: https://correctbae.ng/2018/09/20/lady-calls-out-general-hospital-ijede-for-giving-her-brother-overdose-injection-and-wrong-blood-which-led-to-his-death/

This I have been saying this since on nairaland but many do not take it serious. We don't have doctors and it is someone's family become a victim of this b4 u can understand. If u are sick in Nigeria it is you and your God.

helpee:
Doctors will keep getting away with malpractice because of people like you with a biased mind against them . You didn't find out whether what the lady is saying is true, you just conclude they are careless. So once a patient on transfusion dies, it means they gave him wrong blood. For your information in Lagos, we give blood from Lagos central bank. All blood must pass through the central bank where they put Lagos logo before we can transfuse. So assuming what she is saying is even true that they gave wrong blood then it is the fault of Lagos state not the doctor. Moreso, transfusion reaction csn occur even after crossmatching so it doesnt always count as malpractice once you react to blood. The lady didnt tell you her brothers sickness, at presentation. Just talked about overdose and tranafusion and you are here abusing the doctors already.Secondly, how did she know overdose? So she knows the right dose and now knows it is overdose. You think once you accuse a doctor without proof, the doctor is automatically guilty? Gather your proofs. Do autopsy. Not ranting on social media without proofs. By the way, you said you point facts to them....what is fact to you, a layman may be spoken out of ignorance. You are not a doctor. Your facts may be junks

I agree with you. Negligence is not an ordinary English expression in medicine. It means something much deeper. Unless you confidently follow up on a death, you will never find out what's the cause or whether it's a result of negligence, bad practice or overindulgence.

Here is where Nigerians go wrong. We still believe autopsy hurts the dead. We are yet to see how it helps and saves the living. Condolences to the family of the dead. They should be allowed to grieve in peace but pursue the case to a logical end. Ranting on social media is definitely not the way to do that.

It will cost a little but it will be worth it. There's no price tag for getting closure after a sad incidence such as losing a loved one. Unless closure is gotten this poor lady will never trust a doctor again in her life. Sadly, unless you are deluded, you can't do without one.

docadams:
Incidences like this are heart breaking. This my profession needs some sanitizing

my Doc, it really need lots of sanitation. Lost a dear sister to wrong blood transfusion two years ago too .she suddenly started talking wrong wrong like onyi beribe!. Lost my immediate younger brother to death two days ago via wrong drug administration .the drug triggered his liver problem within Hours and before we could begin to manage him......he gave up.I write this amidst tears and sorrowful heart doctor, why are our local medical personnel so so harsh and heartless ?? As for the hospital that aided and triggeres the death of my best brother, may the heavens over you all be closed forever !!

Jaqenhghar:

Its always the fault of the patients. Always is. Ill tell the story of my mum. For 3 months they couldnt make a diagnosis. Im not even saying give me a cure jist tell us what is wrong with the woman. Upon all the xrays, scans, ct scans, numerous tests, hundred of thousands of naira , visits to various consultants uet they could t make a simple diagnosis. But according to you its still the patient's fault. SMH

First of all, I never said its always the patients fault. That said, some patients have unrealistic expectations. Lets take the case you put forward.

"The doctors could not make a diagnosis". How equipped is the center ? What is the quality of staff ? how much is a patient ready to pay for medical services ?

Nigerians will not / cannot pay yet they want western levels of health care. A patient pays N5,000 for card, and 25k for drugs and treatment (I do not lay blame here, many do not have spare cash) you should not expect John Hopkins levels of care. If the minimum wage is 18,000 and a CT scan costs N55,000 you do not have to be a Nobel economist to realize that many people will not be getting CT scans they need.
In your case, I do not mean to demean your input but 'hundreds of thousands of naira' is only a couple of thousand dollars, so, you can see that the plummeting economy has a role to play. Equipment and supplies are after all purchased internationally in cold hard currency

Diagnosis is a multidisciplinary undertaking. How many trained radiographers, laboratory scientists, medical record specialists do we have in our hospitals ? Considering the abysmal state of education in Nigeria today, when do you think that will change ?
Hospitals abroad have dedicated power supply direct from the grid and emergency backup. Here we cannot even manage 10 hours a day in teaching hospitals.

There are doctors in Nigeria today who earn N85,000 per month. There are nurses who earn N45,000 per month. Qualified people. Best in class. You expect these people to be dedicated to your care ? To read up your case all night ? To show unfailing dedication to duty ?
You tell me.

When our relatives leave Nigeria to practice medicine abroad, we hail them and rejoice like the simpletons we collectively are. A doctor practicing in the US or Canada is of use to the people of the USA and Canada and practically useless to Nigeria. It is that same specialist that is the missing link in your missed diagnosis. So when next you see or hear a doctor leaving Nigeria, weep; don't rejoice.

If Nigerians paid as much attention to health , education and accountability of public officials as we do to football, celebrities, big brother and thieves masquerading as 'men of God' maybe things will slowly change.

Ps: I typed this on my phone while in transit. It's a bit disjointed but the main gist is hopefully clear.

gidjah:
my Doc, it really need lots of sanitation. Lost a dear sister to wrong blood transfusion twobyeara ago too.she suddenly started talking wrong wrong like onyi beribe!. Lost my immediate younger brother to death two days ago via wrong drug administration .the drug triggered his liver problem with I. Hours and before we could begin to manage him......he gave up.I write this amidst tears and sorrowful heart doctor, why are our local medical personnel so so harsh and heartless ?? As for the hospital that aided amd triggeres the death of my best brother, may the heavens over you all be closed forever !!

I feel your pains brother. We are also victims of our deficiencies.

Thanks for the professional input.

helpee:
thanks @madridguy for calling my attention to this. Since she claimed it was attested to by the doctor, I won't say a mistake wasn't made here. Though appearance has nothing to do with blood. It is the blood group that matters. For example, I can give O negative blood to anybody. So if your blood group is btve, I can give you Btve now and the second pint may be o positive so it may not exactly be the same. But it must be compatible. But there are several blood types not commonly tested that can still cause reaction so even if it is compatible, it can still cause reaction. But blood reaction doesn't mean INSTANT DEATH. In a normal hospital, it rarely cause death because we will know there is reaction. Once there is reaction, we will just stop it, give a certain drip, certain injections to limit the spread. Even without a doctor...a nurse can start the treatment because normally you would have given down instruction in the casenote that IN CASE OF BLOOD TRANSFUSION REACTION...DO THIS AND THAT. So, this may be a genuine case of carelessness which is rare. You know why? You will need to send sample to the lab, the lab will crossmatch the blood with what they have, they will release it with a note stating the blood group of the patient and the blood group of the donor. The doctor or nurse putting it up too would have checked. So it must have passed through at least two officials. Don't forget the blood would have been taking to central bank if it is Lagos where they too would have confirmed the blood type and out logo. We will now remove the logo and put it on the patient card. So while I am not saying mistake is not possible since we are all humans, it is rare and there will be facts backing it up

IamaNigerianGuy:


First of all, I never said its always the patients fault. That said, some patients have unrealistic expectations. Lets take the case you put forward.

"The doctors could not make a diagnosis". How equipped is the center ? What is the quality of staff ? how much is a patient ready to pay for medical services ?

Nigerians will not / cannot pay yet they want western levels of health care. A patient pays N5,000 for card, and 25k for drugs and treatment (I do not lay blame here, many do not have spare cash) you should not expect John Hopkins levels of care. If the minimum wage is 18,000 and a CT scan costs N55,000 you do not have to be a Nobel economist to realize that many people will not be getting CT scans they need.
In your case, I do not mean to demean your input but 'hundreds of thousands of naira' is only a couple of thousand dollars, so, you can see that the plummeting economy has a role to play. Equipment and supplies are after all purchased internationally in cold hard currency

Diagnosis is a multidisciplinary undertaking. How many trained radiographers, laboratory scientists, medical record specialists do we have in our hospitals ? Considering the abysmal state of education in Nigeria today, when do you think that will change ?
Hospitals abroad have dedicated power supply direct from the grid and emergency backup. Here we cannot even manage 10 hours a day in teaching hospitals.

There are doctors in Nigeria today who earn N85,000 per month. There are nurses who earn N45,000 per month. Qualified people. Best in class. You expect these people to be dedicated to your care ? To read up your case all night ? To show unfailing dedication to duty ?
You tell me.

When our relatives leave Nigeria to practice medicine abroad, we hail them and rejoice like the simpletons we collectively are. A doctor practicing in the US or Canada is of use to the people of the USA and Canada and practically useless to Nigeria. It is that same specialist that is the missing link in your missed diagnosis. So when next you see or hear a doctor leaving Nigeria, weep; don't rejoice.

If Nigerians paid as much attention to health , education and accountability of public officials as we do to football, celebrities, big brother and thieves masquerading as 'men of God' maybe things will slowly change.

Ps: I typed this on my phone while in transit. It's a bit disjointed but the main gist is hopefully clear.

The only thing I got here is the same ol vivtim blaming and not taking reposnibility for anything. You speak as of you know me or you have some other knowledge of the matter. You clearly didnt read what I wrote let me spell it to you again. we visited like 3 teaching hospitals and 2 private hospitals. Money was NEVER the issue. There is no test we did not do. No money we did not spare so dont tell me that bullshit about we dont want to pay we were willing to fly her abroad but for one my cousin ( a doctor like you) who kept reassuring us that it wasnt necessary.
Maybe in your wisdom we should have treated her ourselves too. Mtcheew

BeingFrank:
And the annoying part of it, is if you try to point out some facts to them during the process, their empty inflated ego will make them do the contrary even the more. If people start following them up due to their negligence, i believe some will leave or sit up. So many medical practitioners in this country are so careless and irresponsible, because they believe they can always kill and get away with it. Its really sad. As for those quoting me blindly, this isn't the first nor the tenth time, issues of this nature have been reported about losing lives due to shear recklessness of some medical practitioners in this country. I've lost loved ones due to this trend too. Some of them feel just because you don't answer the name "dr", you are an idiot when it gets to health related issues, and how grossly wrong are they.

A friend of mine whom I met on Nairaland died because he was given wrong blood or God knows what
He was already out of comma when I was asked to get blood at the blood bank in Lasuth. On getting there, I gave the receipt to the Dr I met, he opened the fridge and was looking confused, he could not remember where he kept the blood we initially gave him, he brought out one, looked at it , kept it back and was grumbling to himself.
I told him the blood group, he asked me to shout up, that he knows. He opened the fridge again, brought out another one, kept it, for about 5 minutes, he was looking confused. He Sha gave me one.
I got to the ward, it was passed on him. In less than 20 minutes, I watched him died.

IamaNigerianGuy:


First of all, I never said its always the patients fault. That said, some patients have unrealistic expectations. Lets take the case you put forward.

"The doctors could not make a diagnosis". How equipped is the center ? What is the quality of staff ? how much is a patient ready to pay for medical services ?

Nigerians will not / cannot pay yet they want western levels of health care. A patient pays N5,000 for card, and 25k for drugs and treatment (I do not lay blame here, many do not have spare cash) you should not expect John Hopkins levels of care. If the minimum wage is 18,000 and a CT scan costs N55,000 you do not have to be a Nobel economist to realize that many people will not be getting CT scans they need.
In your case, I do not mean to demean your input but 'hundreds of thousands of naira' is only a couple of thousand dollars, so, you can see that the plummeting economy has a role to play. Equipment and supplies are after all purchased internationally in cold hard currency

Diagnosis is a multidisciplinary undertaking. How many trained radiographers, laboratory scientists, medical record specialists do we have in our hospitals ? Considering the abysmal state of education in Nigeria today, when do you think that will change ?
Hospitals abroad have dedicated power supply direct from the grid and emergency backup. Here we cannot even manage 10 hours a day in teaching hospitals.

There are doctors in Nigeria today who earn N85,000 per month. There are nurses who earn N45,000 per month. Qualified people. Best in class. You expect these people to be dedicated to your care ? To read up your case all night ? To show unfailing dedication to duty ?
You tell me.

When our relatives leave Nigeria to practice medicine abroad, we hail them and rejoice like the simpletons we collectively are. A doctor practicing in the US or Canada is of use to the people of the USA and Canada and practically useless to Nigeria. It is that same specialist that is the missing link in your missed diagnosis. So when next you see or hear a doctor leaving Nigeria, weep; don't rejoice.

If Nigerians paid as much attention to health , education and accountability of public officials as we do to football, celebrities, big brother and thieves masquerading as 'men of God' maybe things will slowly change.

Ps: I typed this on my phone while in transit. It's a bit disjointed but the main gist is hopefully clear.

You talk of poor pay etc so is it the patient's fault that you feel underpaid? Let me tell you even if they paid you 1 million a month with this shitty attitude nothing will change. I like the idea personally of more of you leaving this shithole to know how it is being done in saner climates. At least there you wont have the luxury of killing patients and blaming them after.

Jaqenhghar:

The only thing I got here is the same ol vivtim blaming and not taking reposnibility for anything. You speak as of you know me or you have some other knowledge of the matter. You clearly didnt read what I wrote let me spell it to you again. we visited like 3 teaching hospitals and 2 private hospitals. Money was NEVER the issue. There is no test we did not do. No money we did not spare so dont tell me that bullshit about we dont want to pay we were willing to fly her abroad but for one my cousin ( a doctor like you) who kept reassuring us that it wasnt necessary.
Maybe in your wisdom we should have treated her ourselves too. Mtcheew

Read my post again. There are other factors pointed out there besides money.

Jaqenhghar:

You talk of poor pay etc so is it the patient's fault that you feel underpaid? Let me tell you even if they paid you 1 million a month with this shitty attitude nothing will change. I like the idea personally of more of you leaving this shithole to know how it is being done in saner climates. At least there you wont have the luxury of killing patients and blaming them after.

So, from the entire post all you could gather was health workers pay ?

IamaNigerianGuy:


Read my post again. There are other factors pointed out there besides money.

No its you who should read. Clearly you dont read. No wonder you kill patients. You dont know shít you, wont humble yourself to learn shít then you come acting all high and mighty because you manged to cram and passed a few exams. Thats why even in foreign countries you need to be supervised and taught all over again.

IamaNigerianGuy:


So, from the entire post all you could gather was health workers pay ?

I gathered that you are another arrogant POS who blames patients for his deficiencies and cant be bothered about how his actions affect others.

IamaNigerianGuy:


You dey try to type this long explanation. Personally, I gave up on the Nigerian populace long ago. They specialize in bashing health workers and jumping to unfounded conclusions.

Part of the problem is that medicos (I am one) don't gently explain things at every step of the way.

If we did...we would save patient's relatives a lot of misunderstanding.

Jaqenhghar:

The only thing I got here is the same ol vivtim blaming and not taking reposnibility for anything. You speak as of you know me or you have some other knowledge of the matter. You clearly didnt read what I wrote let me spell it to you again. we visited like 3 teaching hospitals and 2 private hospitals. Money was NEVER the issue. There is no test we did not do. No money we did not spare so dont tell me that bullshit about we dont want to pay we were willing to fly her abroad but for one my cousin ( a doctor like you) who kept reassuring us that it wasnt necessary.
Maybe in your wisdom we should have treated her ourselves too. Mtcheew

when you were quoting me, I knew you were harbouring some bitterness against the wrong set of people. Sorry for your mum. You said SIMPLE DIAGNOSIS THEY COULDNT MAKE. You know it us simple but you yourself can't make it. For you to know it is simple you should have made it now. Now let's be more professional...you took her to 3 teaching hospitals and 2 private hospitals ...does that not tell you it must be a very serious case. Doctors don't claim to be God, they are only humans. So all the doctors in five hospitals and all the people doing the test couldn't make A SIMPLE DIAGNOSIS WHICH YOU AS A GENIUS ALREADY KNEW IT IS SIMPLE. You are the one with ego here not the doctors. Come down from your high horse and be humble, they will school you. Depending on the stage at presentation, a definite diagnosis is not ALWAYS POSSIBLE OR A MUST. WORLDWIDE!!!! You may know the kidney is damaged beyond repair, you may not know the exact singular thing that caused it. You may only know the risk factors like hypertension, diabetes etc if they are present. You may have ORGANIC DIAGNOSIS like knowing the liver is damaged, you may not be able to pinpoint the exact cause. And in late stage, there may be myriad of problems without a single DIAGNOSIS again...the liver, the kidney, the heart even the brain may all be damaged and you may not know the exact thing that started the cascade. So diagnosis is not about telling you one singular thing that is causing the problem.... And that doesn't always affect management. If a kidney is damaged already, we know what to do even though we may not know the exact cause. So leave diagnosis for the professional and make a name for yourself in your own profession. By the way, worldwide, the best set of people study medicine. So the doctors are a reflection of the society. We didn't come from Egypt. We are Nigerians.. So tell me, which profession is so good in Nigeria so that we know doctors are deliberately wicked. Is it not engineers that build roads that get spoilt in one month? Is it not bankers that run banks down? So saying all Nigerian doctors are bad is like saying you are so so bad cos while not looking down on other profession, the best studied medicine so you couldn't have been better in your profession. So the rot is in the country...not in individual profession

Jaqenhghar:

Its always the fault of the patients. Always is. Ill tell the story of my mum. For 3 months they couldnt make a diagnosis. Im not even saying give me a cure jist tell us what is wrong with the woman. Upon all the xrays, scans, ct scans, numerous tests, hundred of thousands of naira , visits to various consultants uet they could t make a simple diagnosis. But according to you its still the patient's fault. SMH

I'm about to let you in on a secret...

Some diseases may not have a diagnosis...instantly...because they are either rare, undiscovered, or unusual.

I'll give an example. The husband of an old friend of mine. His disease baffled doctors in this country for a few months...before they foound the diagnosis...a rare disease, so rare that I doubt most doctors in the world have heard of it. And the treatment 1) cost a lot of money 2) it was of no use eventually...the guy died. (The disease was autoimmume...it essentially meant his body's immune system was attacking him..and when that happens...)

So, that's what may have affected your mother...a disease that was like that which killed my friend's husband.

Another thing is that finding a diagnosis is not that easy in Nigeria. As an example...yesterday I was reading about a child with a rare genetic disease...which could only be diagnosed with extensive genome sequencing to find the actual genes. In Nigeria we don't have that kind of genetic sequencning. It would cost millions to import and millions more to maintain....so a Nigerian kid would

So, what I am saying is...basically we may not have been able to diagnose your mum's illness because quite simply we did not have the equipment to do so. You talk of CT, MRI....welll there are more advanced forms of imaging like PET scan. Also, most Nigerian hospitals have a very limited set of tests to do. We are not like Western hospitals that can do all sorts of tests in a few hours...we have out of date machines, very few people to run and maintain them. So we do the best we can...and hope we finda solution.

And what iamanigerian guy said about cost is true. The average budget for a teaching hospital in Nigeria is $10-15million. Meanwhile the same hospital in the USA has a budget exceeding $200million...if not more...paid for by high medical bills. If we were to chanrge the same medical bills we want to charge in Nigeria...that they do in the US... there would be protests. So,,,poor resuoirces means you get poor care. You get what you pay for. If you pay for a second hand book...don;t expect a brand new one.

And yes, in this country, medicos do their best...and still get blamed unfairly for the death. As an example...we lost a patient in a hospital where I worked. Said patient had kidney disease. He was on dialysis...when he died (which happens in rare instances even under the best of circumstances). His son blamed us for the death. Assumed that we just sat down and watched his father die. We did not.

I know we have bad doctors in this country....but there are a host of factors also at play.

rezzy:


A friend of mine whom I met on Nairaland died because he was given wrong blood or God knows what
He was already out of comma when I was asked to get blood at the blood bank in Lasuth. On getting there, I gave the receipt to the Dr I met, he opened the fridge and was looking confused, he could not remember where he kept the blood we initially gave him, he brought out one, looked at it , kept it back and was grumbling to himself.
I told him the blood group, he asked me to shout up, that he knows.He opened the fridge again, brought out another one, kept it, for about 5 minutes, he was looking confused. He Sha gave me one.
I got to the ward, it was passed on him.In less than 20 minutes, I watched him died.

. The bolded are just my point. So sad

correctbae:
An aggrieved lady has taken to her facebook page to call out General hospital, Ijede for administering wrong blood and excess injection to her brother which eventually led to his death.

Her post:

And u guys thought u could jes kill my only brother and go scot free
I swear down u all will mourn over your children
Imagine a general hospital dat has doctors nd nurses dat are not qualified
Buh jes because of d money u wanna collect
U all were all greedy
Firstly u gave my brother an overdose injection
As if dat was not enough
U gave him a wrong blood ....u gave him a blood dat doesnot really match his blood group
Den suddenly he changed and died
General hospital ijede i swear u guys will all mourn

Source: https://correctbae.ng/2018/09/20/lady-calls-out-general-hospital-ijede-for-giving-her-brother-overdose-injection-and-wrong-blood-which-led-to-his-death/

I have some questions for the lady

1.How do you know the doctors and nurses were not qualified?

2.How do you know your brother got an overdose. I'm not saying it did not happen(I once had to sort out a patient who got injected with the wrong dose of a medication several years ago...so I know these things happen)...but how did you know?

3.How did you know he got the wrong type of blood? Did someone tell you?

4. Exactly what disease was your brother suffering from?


I also have some questions for the medical team...docs, nurses,lab techs

1.Was there a process for checking blood about to be transfused ...were there things like blood transfusion forms, proper reagents, etc.

2.Was any effort made to communicate well with the patient's relative about the illness...UNLESS...the patient specifically requested that you tell them nothing(happens...)

3.How is your record keeping?

4.Were the drugs given to this patient checked before giving it to him? (Once nearly lost a patient...if not that I and the nurse checked the drug before giving....which led to us heading to the pharmancy...which led to a finding of wrong packaging.)

1Sharon:


Student nurses are mainly trained in HOSPITALS and they work alongside qualified Nurses

Student nurses goes for experience in that same teaching hospital that have been accredited by Nursing and midwifery council of Nigeria... Am am talking about names like Apoh hospital and maternity home training nurses.. Those they train and use as cleaners, laundry and nurses at same time in other to save cost...However jeopardizing the quality of care rendered to patients..
It's my profession and I know what am saying....

helpee:
when you were quoting me, I knew you were harbouring some bitterness against the wrong set of people. Sorry for your mum. You said SIMPLE DIAGNOSIS THEY COULDNT MAKE. You know it us simple but you yourself can't make it. For you to know it is simple you should have made it now. Now let's be more professional...you took her to 3 teaching hospitals and 2 private hospitals ...does that not tell you it must be a very serious case. Doctors don't claim to be God, they are only humans. So all the doctors in five hospitals and all the people doing the test couldn't make A SIMPLE DIAGNOSIS WHICH YOU AS A GENIUS ALREADY KNEW IT IS SIMPLE. You are the one with ego here not the doctors. Come down from your high horse and be humble, they will school you. Depending on the stage at presentation, a definite diagnosis is not ALWAYS POSSIBLE OR A MUST. WORLDWIDE!!!! You may know the kidney is damaged beyond repair, you may not know the exact singular thing that caused it. You may only know the risk factors like hypertension, diabetes etc if they are present. You may have ORGANIC DIAGNOSIS like knowing the liver is damaged, you may not be able to pinpoint the exact cause. And in late stage, there may be myriad of problems without a single DIAGNOSIS again...the liver, the kidney, the heart even the brain may all be damaged and you may not know the exact thing that started the cascade. So diagnosis is not about telling you one singular thing that is causing the problem.... And that doesn't always affect management. If a kidney is damaged already, we know what to do even though we may not know the exact cause. So leave diagnosis for the professional and make a name for yourself in your own profession. By the way, worldwide, the best set of people study medicine. So the doctors are a reflection of the society. We didn't come from Egypt. We are Nigerians.. So tell me, which profession is so good in Nigeria so that we know doctors are deliberately wicked. Is it not engineers that build roads that get spoilt in one month? Is it not bankers that run banks down? So saying all Nigerian doctors are bad is like saying you are so so bad cos while not looking down on other profession, the best studied medicine so you couldn't have been better in your profession. So the rot is in the country...not in individual profession

Oh you were the one acting at first like we didnt do enough or we didnt pay enough. Qestioning the kind of hospitals we took her to when it was all stated clearly there. Then you did the whole stunt of doctors are always right and we dont owe patients anything routine. If a man is sick is he wrong for going to a doctor? Now you are coming back to my point. There is a problem something I expected you to admit to which you have finally ( or should I say grudgingly) done. Yes a diagnosis is simple when one knows what one is doing. Yes we left diagnosis for the so called professionals and paid the price. We have learnt our lessons I only pity the ones who cant afford to fly or fly their loved ones abroad. And I pity anyone who has to to be treated by you

1Sharon:


Student nurses are mainly trained in HOSPITALS and they work alongside qualified Nurses

Both doctors and nurses goes for experiences in a general, cottage and teaching hospitals..There are times for psychiatric, community, and hospital posting..
Those quacks doesn't have theoretical and practical basis.. They are just left to practice blind folded...
Before someone lays hand on you, ask the person to show you his /her licence.. It's your right to be treated by someone that is competent and has undergone basic training in the field of medicine /Nursing..

Jaqenhghar:

I gathered that you are another arrogant POS who blames patients for his deficiencies and cant be bothered about how his actions affect others.

Ok sir. Do you. Believe whatever makes you happy.

[[s]quote author=ikeno post=71378300]look for a lawyer and sue the hospital for negligence leading to the death of your brother.

don't forget to tell the lawyer to sue them for billions of naira,so that after negotiation,they will agree to pay you hundreds of million.[/quote[/s]]
In Nigeria?

helpee:
thanks @madridguy for calling my attention to this. Since she claimed it was attested to by the doctor, I won't say a mistake wasn't made here. Though appearance has nothing to do with blood. It is the blood group that matters. For example, I can give O negative blood to anybody. So if your blood group is btve, I can give you Btve now and the second pint may be o positive so it may not exactly be the same. But it must be compatible. But there are several blood types not commonly tested that can still cause reaction so even if it is compatible, it can still cause reaction. But blood reaction doesn't mean INSTANT DEATH. In a normal hospital, it rarely cause death because we will know there is reaction. Once there is reaction, we will just stop it, give a certain drip, certain injections to limit the spread. Even without a doctor...a nurse can start the treatment because normally you would have given down instruction in the casenote that IN CASE OF BLOOD TRANSFUSION REACTION...DO THIS AND THAT. So, this may be a genuine case of carelessness which is rare. You know why? You will need to send sample to the lab, the lab will crossmatch the blood with what they have, they will release it with a note stating the blood group of the patient and the blood group of the donor. The doctor or nurse putting it up too would have checked. So it must have passed through at least two officials. Don't forget the blood would have been taking to central bank if it is Lagos where they too would have confirmed the blood type and out logo. We will now remove the logo and put it on the patient card. So while I am not saying mistake is not possible since we are all humans, it is rare and there will be facts backing it up

Nairaland is an open market, where even the sub-intelligent and juveniles come air their uneducated opinion.

You even try to dey provide feedback.

Anyone who actually read and comprehended the post knows the lady is grieving over her loss. Such vague claims are not sufficient to recommend legal action.

Gkemz:
The same way FMC Owerri killed three persons from my compound last year out of negligence who before their deaths had minor issues and again this year killed my friend's pregnant wife during child delivery.

I understand your pain but pls take heart. May your brother RIP.

Bros, you funny die.

Only you 3 persons in your compound. Wetin una do?
So You never heard a woman can die giving birth to make your friend's strange?