₦airaland Forum

duni04:
I've actually learnt more from her posts than anyone else's. I don't get the promissory notes part. Are you referring to the consultants that would have handled the plastic surgery or the normal doctors and nurses that should have treated the infection? Are you suggesting that doctors and nurses pay for the drugs and the treatment from their own pockets? Aren't they paid by the government? If their employer, the government, tells them to take a case pro bono, I don't understand why the boys father would have had to pay for the dressing or antibiotics.

There's nothing like free health care in govt hospitals.
The patients pay for everything especially drugs, medical supplies and surgeries
Unfortunately, we run an out-of-pocket healthcare delivery system(cash and carry) even in emergencies.
That means if u are without money, u will be denied treatment.
fashola went on air and announced LSG will sponsor the child's treatment.
The question is did he back that statement up with political and financial will?
The answer is no.
Of course, the M.D of LASUTH will not come on air and contradict his boss.
Everybody will expect the father to do the needful.
Simply pay for your child's treatment.

ziga:
There are lots of speculations here.

But I think we all agree that the kid got suboptimal care.

Do you think the Nigerian health system failed in this situation to provide adequate care?

I followed the case
the major problem was paucity of funds.
and in a out-of-pocket healthcare delivery system we run in this country. I'm sorry, no money no care.
the father complained that despite fashola's promise his son wasn't getting adequate care.
the surgeon managing the case said the boy needed surgery.
if the surgeon managing the boy said he needed surgery, then why didn't he do it? financial constraint.
the surgeon didn't say he needed surgery abroad.
medical tourism to india was an after thought.
the reason why the father cried out was financial help.
forget all these indian hospitals
they can say anything to promote their medical tourism industry.
they even give commissions to their agents here in naija depending on the number of patients you can attract to india.

@op
please lets get some things clear.
-There's no big deal in managing animal bite wound. its all about aggressive wound dressing and subsequent grafting(that's if the wound is deep) after adequate granulation. Any plastic surgeon can do this and do not need any special treatment in india or anywhere else for that matter.
-The child was treated in a world class PRIVATE hospital in india and NOT an indian govt hospital. A world class private hospital here in naija that has a plastic surgeon in its pay roll will equally do a good job.
- I'm sure when the poor boy was admitted in LASUTH, the father had nothing on him except a promisory note from Gov Fashola that the boys medical expenses will be paid by the govt.
Now, anybody who knows how govt works in naija will know that fashola's statement was merely political and will most likely not be honored in any govt establishment.
Rather, the boy's father will be expected to provide for the dressing materials and antibiotics needed to treat his child. Something he failed to do.
if at all he will be reimbursed by the lagos state govt, that will not be immediate due to bureaucratic process that delays such payments.
Neither LASUTH nor the medical staffs will eat promisory notes, but they wont complain. Fashola is their employer, thus they will continue to do whatever they can to help the poor boy. Obviously their effort was too weak to have any effect..
The boy was flown to india with an adequate treasury chest backed by delta state governor. if he had gone to india with promisory notes, he would also have been rejected.
pls, lets be fair in our comments.
thanks.

note, I'm not exonerating our medical staffs, but as far as this case is concerned it has financial constraint written all over it.

I'll come back and reply that girl called onegal (she's just spamming nonsense all over the thread) and also profer solutions on ailing heathcare system.