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akitijackson: Pls I need advice on how to tacle dis issue.

Why don't you try setting some good examples...
That's what big sisters are for. ☺

Great write-up

quesra: Deleté that generalisation on Nigerians from your mind brother

A majority of Nigerians still have the mindset that expects doctors to be male.
Is that better?

quesra: He-she/she-he,whatever (the gender made públic only recently),let me then rephrase my question; the way you interpreted with firsthand knowledge of what went on between them,is the doctor your relative?
*girlfriendtinznotmybuisness

Were you seriously expecting an answer to the question? I thought it was a joke.

Btw, right from the onset it was stated the doctor was female, but Nigerians still have the mindset that expects doctors to be men.

Source:
www.sisiyemmie.com/2014/08/how-to-make-your-own-hand-sanitizer.html?m=1

ghananotnaija: Thank you host nation China for protecting international athletes (including the Ghanaian contingent) from disease-ridden Nigerians.

ghananotnaija: We have better road and rail infrastructure, better governance, more stable society, more balanced economy.

Ghana cholera outbreak at 'staggering' level
http://news.yahoo.com/ghana-cholera-outbreak-staggering-level-110910744.html

Accra (AFP) - A cholera outbreak in Ghana's capital has reached "staggering" levels, an official said Friday, blaming poor sanitation and overcrowded health facilities for the rapid spread of the disease.
Cholera has killed more than 40 people in Accra since June and infected 3,100 others, according to the Ghana Health Service.




@TheEconomist: In a shocking fall from grace, Ghana asks the IMF for help with its economic woes
http://econ.st/1vHsuAO

Litmus: I saw this coming from the start, which was why i posted this topic in July 02:

[size=14pt]The French Pestilence And Wars[/size].


https://www.nairaland.com/1796684/french-pestilence-wars

Wow! That was like prescient!
(I hope there was no modification after the fact)

Where is the love?

quesra:


you seem to have first hand info on what went on between the Doctor and Sawyerr,he your relative? *jusaskin

Every thing I've said so far is public knowledge.
The doctor, I believe is female.
Please don't ask if she's my girlfriend. ☺

ghananotnaija: We have better road and rail infrastructure, better governance, more stable society, more balanced economy.

Once a model for Africa, Ghana's economy loses its
shine | Reuters
http://mobile.reuters.com/article/idUSKBN0EO0KD20140613?irpc=932

Excerpts...
It [Ghana] is now, however, paying a steep price for not coming through with a new tranche of fiscal reforms. Political consensus is stymied, the public is dismayed by rising costs and the dream of new wealth is on hold.
"The situation is becoming quite critical. There has been a chronic underestimation of the seriousness of the problem by the authorities," said Angus Downie, head of economic research at Ecobank.
In the meantime, ordinary people are feeling the
pinch, particularly with inflation running at 14.8
percent.
Carmen Altenkirch, director of Africa ratings at Fitch, said money printing to fund the deficit would only raise pressure on inflation and a currency that has fallen 28 percent this year.

quesra: So lets assume you are a doctor and another doctor flies in from guinea and is sick,you would have no suspitions right?

When should someone seek medical care?
If a person has been in an area known to have
Ebola virus disease or in contact with a person
known or suspected to have Ebola and they begin
to have symptoms, they should seek medical care
immediately.
www.who.int/csr/disease/ebola/faq-ebola/en/

The symptoms alone are not enough to indicate Ebola, a lot of tropical diseases have similar symptoms. There has to be reason to believe the person has been in contact with an Ebola patient.

The doctor was suspicious that was why they detained Sawyer and raised an alert despite the fact that he denied coming in contact with any Ebola cases and in spite of the pressure being put on them to discharge him.

If there was a failure it was with Immigration and the Ministry of Health who did not institute screenings at all our borders. But I don't think before Sawyer came to Nigeria any country was doing that. There was also no travel restrictions on the affected countries because the WHO had recommended against that.

quesra: the more i reason it the more disappointed i am at the "DOCTOR" that treated Sawyerr, was he really that ill-informed of a disease that has been raging on for months?kai!

It was not raging in Nigeria, besides Sawyer refused to give his true medical history. Until lab results came back there was no way to be sure that Sawyer had ebola. Ebola symptoms are similar to a lot of other diseases.

quesra: GEJ is about to set up a committee to investigate the number of people they will keep quarantining until whenever cos the govt is obviously completely at a loss on any solution

The WHO recommends isolation and supportive treatment for ebola patients. There is no known cure.
You can make an argument for the trial drugs, but in a few months time if dangerous side effects show up who would want to bear the blame?

Facts about what helps treat Ebola
http:///xeWzAU

Idrismusty97: When we are discriminated/mock because of Boko Haram you all would rain curses on Northerners, now i wonder who you would blame for this.

Liberia - Sawyer

bushdoc9919: Both of you are correct....my initial post was in anger.

Sometimes,in preventive health....overcautious behaviour is good.

In preventive health fear can be dangerous.
They only need to take reasonable precautions but from the gist they've actually gone over board.

If not for the high mortality rate a disease outbreak that has been raging for over 8 months (since December 2013) but has affected less than 2,500 people would hardly warrant a mention.

Amacaco: What of the thousands of Chinese nationals working in different companies in this country. Have they contracted Ebola? their Government should start by recalling them from Nigeria if they are really interested in safe guarding their citizens. Things should be done properly if the world must move forward.

Germany urges its citizens to leave Sierra Leone, Guinea, Liberia over Ebola
http://mobile.reuters.com/regional/article/idAFKBN0GD0ZN20140813?edition=af


If we fail to contain the outbreak not only will we join the list, but more countries will start doing it.

lakamua: do they quarantine only sick people. most nigerians need good education. u guys always claim to knw all wen u actually knw notin

If a person has been in an area known to have Ebola virus disease or in contact with a person known or suspected to have Ebola and they begin to have symptoms, they should seek medical care immediately.
Any cases of persons who are suspected to have the disease should be reported to the nearest health unit without delay.

To help control further spread of the virus, people that are suspected or confirmed to have the disease should be isolated from other patients and treated by health workers using strict infection control precautions.

www.who.int/csr/disease/ebola/faq-ebola/en/

I just remembered that movie they used to show back then about apartheid-era South Africa, particularly the scene on the Sharpeville Massacre. The part where a child is crying beside the parent who had just been gunned down was particularly haunting.

They show it a lot back then. I wonder if most young people nowadays even know about apartheid.

HarrveySpecter: We all know what Obama must have thought of Osama, but we don't see obama calling him names in public?

Obama: Kanye Is A "Jackass" - Huffington Post
m.huffpost.com/us/entry/286623

Obama Calls Kanye West 'Jackass' Again
m.huffpost.com/us/entry/1420578


I think GEJ didn't go far enough. He needs to sue his estate, if he has one (and maybe prosecute him posthumously).

Ezemust: U guYS JUST SPOIL CHIAMAKA THREAD.wetin she do una?

The interrogation from tpia alone is enough to make her close the thread.

Jakumo: Wow if this report is true, kidnapping foreign doctors and forcing them into contact with suspected Ebola victims, WITHOUT adequate protective garments and equipment, is indeed a new low for Nigeria.

Did you read the entire report?

Firstly It's the Nigerian branch of an Indian hospital. Also the person defending the actions of the hospital is an Indian from the head office. (This shows It's an Indian run hospital)

Secondly, no Ebola cases (confirmed or suspected) have be reported in Abuja. So the Indian doctors (who are based in Abuja) have not been forced to treat any Ebola patient they are just making a pre-emptive move.

Thirdly, the article says a relative of the doctors claims some of the patients from Lagos are being treated in Abuja. We all know this to be untrue, all suspected and confirmed cases are quarantined in Lagos.

The bottom line is that this has nothing to do with Nigerians, it is a trade dispute between Indian doctors and their Indian employers.

jnrbayano: ....wetin you dey wait

Carry one bottle go home today oya oo

You go licki mouth licki finger scratch bottom plate

AVOP Na beta cooking oil oo

AVOP e dey make chop sweet ooo

Yes o! L☺L

There was an advert for this Carnival in PH back in the 80's. Was a mixture of pidgin and Igbo/Ikwerre.
I guess you have to have lived in Rivers State or environs during that period to know it.

Them a go tey tey tey tey
Them a go tey gidi mkpa
Them a mpa aka n'obi
E be like say say say say
Owigiri no get e bone o
Them a no get e bone
Owigiri ten, ten Naira
Because them a no get e bone o

I used to think back then it was sung by Boma Erekosima, but I'm no longer sure.

There was also this comedy show he used to host back then. A section involved him being a prophet.
When he's coming on stage with his acolyte, he'll be singing "Kpam kpa ji ji, kpa ji ji"

AVOP Vegetable Oil

AVOP Na beta cooking oil o
AVOP e dey make life sweet you
For cook chop Na helele
All kain fry-fry
Take am fry dodo o
AVOP Na waya o

Monarch Lager
Lady steps out of swimming pool says to waiter 'I think I'd like a lager'
Traditional ruler says 'I feel like a Monarch'
His wife replies 'But you are a Monarch'


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He stared at the canvas time & again
But even here amidst the peace & quiet
Inspiration blew hot & cold
He brushed it on the painting, Thick & thin
here & there
Fast & slow
Creating an illusion of light & shade
Until it stood finished, his vision pure & simple
It was a moment to taste & enjoy
With Benson & Hedges

Lux advert with Patti Boulaye

Geeman74: la lili limca or there about

When we're having fun together
The sun and sea together
Music and dance together
Lime and lemon drink together...

Kentnickole: Wat about this Maggi advert which captured a scene involving a father, mother nd four children sitting at the dining table. Heres the chorus...
Lalala lalala lalalalala
Lalala lalalalala
Lalalalala lalalala lalalala lalala
Lalalalala lalalala lalalalala lalalalala...

Lols... can recall the lyrics again

My papa and mama they love each other
As we sit at the table to eat
Papa says to mama
"this food is tasty"
Mama smiles and then she starts to sing
I know you like it
'cause It's so nice
From family menu we learn a lot...


I might have murdered it a little
They used it for the programme 'Maggi Family Menu'
I wonder where the lady (the hostess/cook) is now

uzoexcel: who remembers this..it wasnt actually 'naija' but it was always advertised then


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sk5OBmtsVt4

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