Lagos state vs Doctors :Collapsed Health care

I have always been of the opinion that to revive the Health and Education sectors of Nigeria,public officials(civil servants and politicians) must be made to patronise our schools and hospitals. As long as they and their families enjoy the priviledge of travelling abroad for health care and education,they will continue to be insensitive to d plight of these critical sectors.
imagine a country working when the people are sick? Even basic infrastructure lke energy and water supply is absent.
Faces of people in the
street of shows
frustration and hopelessness. Our
doctors  and nurses are rushing to embassies for visa to
exist the country.
For non-doctors, the
alarming news of the last few
days has been that Lagos
state government (LSG)
sacked 788 doctors from
state hospitals.Like all polarized debates,
people are leaning towards
their gut instincts, which is
hardly objective, but
emotionally driven. The
doctors association needs to
get off the emotional debate. Citzens know first hand
what it is like to treat
patients without light, giving
injection drugs in the dark. A doctor(Dr Ifeanyi odigwe) gave a touching story thus;
I remember a particular
incidence. We had an
emergency, an unconscious
pregnant woman with a
blood pressure
280/220mmhg (severe
hypertension) who was
almost at term. She was
unbooked and my call was
almost over but I was
available. Her husband had
just 200 Naira on him. We
had to operate on her within
the next hour with no blood,
no money and no drugs. But
guess what? We did! That
was the first time I had a
needle stick injury because
NEPA/PHCN was at their
norm. Minutes later the air
was filled with the cry of a
pretty baby girl in the arms
of a doting grandmother and
father. In the background
were the moans of a slowly
rousing mother and then
there was me with a pensive
look on my face while
awaiting the results of my
HIV test. I was okay.
Even though, I had worked
overtime and had to be up to
make work in the morning
which was now 2 hours
away, there was no complain,
no feeling of accomplishment
because in my “tribe” I was
not unique. It is the story of
788 and thousands of other
people I share a proud
profession with. I got a
gracious thank you from the
family, a thankful smile from
the now recuperating mother
and a smiling appreciation
from my parents when I
narrated it to them.

#CONSENSUS 2015