Healthcare

MY SISTER’S DEATH WAS PREVENTABLE!

“Ada, Am I now in the teaching hospital ?” , my sister asked me in a faint ,weak voice.

“Yes”, I replied. “We are in the emergency room of the hospital.”

“Please tell the doctors that I want to live. I don’t want to die”, She said to me

MY FIRST DAY AT WORK!

By Chidiebele Samuel

I cannot hide my excitement! This is my first day at work as a doctor and I am to start my rotation in surgery department. As a house officer, I am the most junior doctor in the profession and meant to work under supervision for a period of one year. I set…

TO WHAT BENEFIT…

By Chidiebele Samuel

The condition was really life threatening; a potential killer for the 72 year old. He has a big swelling on one of his blood vessels that if not operated on will likely lead to his death if it bursts. Emma remembers the discussion he had with the surgeon, Dr Ike…

DR ABEL WAS TAKEN!

The surgery was a complex brain surgery on a 28 year old man. It lasted for more than 10 hours and the patient is expected to make a full recovery. After taking the patient to the recovery room, Dr Abel (together with the lead surgeon) briefed the relatives on outcome of the surgery and how his…

THE UNFORTUNATE OUTCOME!

By Chidiebele Samuel

It was 2.30 in the afternoon and I needed to be back from bank in 30 minutes. As I crossed the junction heading towards the road to my bank to get a new ATM card, I was visibly nervous. The town has seen a spike in Islamist terrorists inspired attacks in…

VIOLENCE AGAINST HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS

There is a worrisome increasing trend of reported violence against health providers in hospitals and places of health care delivery in the country. The most recent being the case in University of Nigeria Teaching Hospital in Enugu, South Eastern Nigeria where agitated relatives…