Popular doctor on Twitter, @DrOlufunmilayo just shared this sad story of a doctor who collapsed inside a Federal Medical Centre in Bayelsa State and died because they did not have a defibrillator (a machine that shocks the heart to revive it).
According to him, 'they travelled to GovtHouse Clinic to borrow one. By then, the doctor died'.
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A doctor collapsed yesterday inside a hospital.
And a whole “Federal Medical Centre” did NOT have a defibrillator (a machine that shocks the heart to revive it)
They travelled to GovtHouse Clinic to borrow one. By then, the doctor died.
See, human life has NO value in Nigeria.
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A defibrillator is a basic life saving equipment. It should be like paracetamol or cotton wool in any hospital.
Here in the UK, petrol stations, cinemas, football stadiums, games arena, train stations, etc all have a defibrillator.
But in Nigeria, an FMC doesn’t have it.
Shame.
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A defibrillator is a basic life saving equipment. It should be like paracetamol or cotton wool in any hospital.
Here in the UK, petrol stations, cinemas, football stadiums, games arena, train stations, etc all have a defibrillator.
But in Nigeria, an FMC doesn’t have it.
Shame.
I can’t get my head round it.
This is a doctor who collapsed IN A HOSPITAL. Not outside a hospital.
Yet the most important equipment to save his life was nowhere available.
This hospital has patients on their wards- if anyone collapses- that’s the end too. We are in deep shit.
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I can’t get my head round it.
This is a doctor who collapsed IN A HOSPITAL. Not outside a hospital.
Yet the most important equipment to save his life was nowhere available.
This hospital has patients on their wards- if anyone collapses- that’s the end too. We are in deep shit.
When people collapse outside hospital, the advice we always give is “rush them to the hospital”
If a hospital doesn’t even have something as basic as a defibrillator, how is that an hospital?
Nigeria treats human lives with levity and watches its citizens die like chickens.
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When people collapse outside hospital, the advice we always give is “rush them to the hospital”
If a hospital doesn’t even have something as basic as a defibrillator, how is that an hospital?
Nigeria treats human lives with levity and watches its citizens die like chickens.
The shameful part is NO investigation or changes will be made to correct this clear madness.
That same FMC in Bayelsa will still NOT get any defibrillator, it would be a lot of “Eya” and “na wa o”, and life continues till the next person dies.
This is a disgraceful country.
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The shameful part is NO investigation or changes will be made to correct this clear madness.
That same FMC in Bayelsa will still NOT get any defibrillator, it would be a lot of “Eya” and “na wa o”, and life continues till the next person dies.
This is a disgraceful country.
I sincerely pray God would console and comfort this young doctor’s family
IF it was a sane country- that young doctor, just like millions of Nigerians who die avoidable deaths- could have been saved.
Nigeria kills people and only brings tears to their families. It is saddening.
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I sincerely pray God would console and comfort this young doctor’s family
IF it was a sane country- that young doctor, just like millions of Nigerians who die avoidable deaths- could have been saved.
Nigeria kills people and only brings tears to their families. It is saddening.
This is not a serious country.
We are a mere geographic space filled with people- and that’s it.
Governance is in shambles.
Nationbuilding is nonexistent.
Value for human life is absent.
The entire country is in a state of chaos that can only bring disaster. I’m just sad.
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This is not a serious country.
We are a mere geographic space filled with people- and that’s it.
Governance is in shambles.
Nationbuilding is nonexistent.
Value for human life is absent.
The entire country is in a state of chaos that can only bring disaster. I’m just sad.
Every time a person dies because no oxygen in hospital, or no light to do urgent surgery, or no defibrillator to save the life of a collapsed person- all because someone stole the money meant to provide those things-
This is how politicians kill people.
But we just keep quiet.
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Every time a person dies because no oxygen in hospital, or no light to do urgent surgery, or no defibrillator to save the life of a collapsed person- all because someone stole the money meant to provide those things-
This is how politicians kill people.
But we just keep quiet.
Politicians don’t need to use a knife to stab a person to death or use a gun.
But every time Nigeria fails and people die from an avoidable death- hospital lacking basic equipments, potholes not fixed, collapsed houses, falling trailers etc-
This is how politicians kill us all.
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Politicians don’t need to use a knife to stab a person to death or use a gun.
But every time Nigeria fails and people die from an avoidable death- hospital lacking basic equipments, potholes not fixed, collapsed houses, falling trailers etc-
This is how politicians kill us all.
I would still say please retweet and tag any relevant authorities that may need to see this- but I’m also aware nothing may be done.
The fact that human beings die and nobody is punished, no lesson is learnt and nothing is done to prevent recurrence is a total Nigerian miracle.
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I would still say please retweet and tag any relevant authorities that may need to see this- but I’m also aware nothing may be done.
The fact that human beings die and nobody is punished, no lesson is learnt and nothing is done to prevent recurrence is a total Nigerian miracle.
I pray again that God will comfort his friends and family
Incase you are not aware before now, I hope you now see what sort of country and hospitals we have.
Yet we have left our health sector to professional politicians and asskissers to run. This is a total disgraceful shame.
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I pray again that God will comfort his friends and family
Incase you are not aware before now, I hope you now see what sort of country and hospitals we have.
Yet we have left our health sector to professional politicians and asskissers to run. This is a total disgraceful shame.
A defibrillator costs about 350,000 naira ONLY. And if bought in wholesale en masse, the price may be cheaper.
Yet a “Federal Medical Centre” that gets Federal allocations running into BILLIONS monthly did NOT have ONE functional defibrillator.
See, we are a very mad country.
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A defibrillator costs about 350,000 naira ONLY. And if bought in wholesale en masse, the price may be cheaper.
Yet a “Federal Medical Centre” that gets Federal allocations running into BILLIONS monthly did NOT have ONE functional defibrillator.
See, we are a very mad country.
Senators get almost 15 million naira monthly. Our lawmakers are the highest paid in the whole world- even more than US President or UK Prime Minister.
Governors and state lawmakers have access to millions monthly.
But hospitals don’t have a 350,000 naira lifesaving equipment.
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Senators get almost 15 million naira monthly. Our lawmakers are the highest paid in the whole world- even more than US President or UK Prime Minister.
Governors and state lawmakers have access to millions monthly.
But hospitals don’t have a 350,000 naira lifesaving equipment.
Politicians and public administrators practically steal fund meant for the welfare of millions- and nobody says nothing.
We are used to a culture of avoidable deaths and human lives being lost for the most stupid reasons.
“No defibrillator”.
In a hospital in 2019.
Madness!
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Politicians and public administrators practically steal fund meant for the welfare of millions- and nobody says nothing.
We are used to a culture of avoidable deaths and human lives being lost for the most stupid reasons.
“No defibrillator”.
In a hospital in 2019.
Madness!
One day we will all realise that this country is set up to ruin and kill all of us.
Even if you are outside Nigeria- what of your (extended) family, friends and loved ones? Have they all left?
No problem.
Let’s keep quiet and just say “Eya”.
The country will ruin us all soon.
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Politicians and public administrators practically steal fund meant for the welfare of millions- and nobody says nothing.
We are used to a culture of avoidable deaths and human lives being lost for the most stupid reasons.
“No defibrillator”.
In a hospital in 2019.
Madness!
One day we will all realise that this country is set up to ruin and kill all of us.
Even if you are outside Nigeria- what of your (extended) family, friends and loved ones? Have they all left?
No problem.
Let’s keep quiet and just say “Eya”.
The country will ruin us all soon.
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One day we will all realise that this country is set up to ruin and kill all of us.
Even if you are outside Nigeria- what of your (extended) family, friends and loved ones? Have they all left?
No problem.
Let’s keep quiet and just say “Eya”.
The country will ruin us all soon.
When foreigners say Nigeria is a shithole, we jump in anger to defend a place that is the dictionary definition of shithole.
Are we not a shithole?
Is this not a shithole?
How much more shit do we need to see before we actually realise this country is a failed useless entity?
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When foreigners say Nigeria is a shithole, we jump in anger to defend a place that is the dictionary definition of shithole.
Are we not a shithole?
Is this not a shithole?
How much more shit do we need to see before we actually realise this country is a failed useless entity?
It’s just another death.
Even though it could have been prevented by a machine that costs less than an unfortunate politician spends in club/vacation on a weekend.
It’s alright. Let’s just “move on”.
Our eyes will clear soon that the shit in the shithole is enough to go round.
