People who are conversant with the trends on social media might have read tweets that say, “May Nigeria not happen to you,” because once one falls victim of the failed system in the country, it only takes the grace of whatever one holds dear to get out of it.
For this young lady, Nigeria unfortunately happened to her.
Several weeks ago, a young lady in Abuja fell sick, and as per the normal and usual thing to do, she went to the hospital for a checkup. The doctor who attended to her immediately diagnosed her with severe anxiety and depression, and afterwards, asked her to take a test. She trusted the diagnosis of the doctor, so she did not question his judgment on her health, even though she did not fully understand what it was. Anyway, she took the test, and when the results came out, it said she had Bacteria infection. Not minding that it was contrary to the initial diagnosis of her doctor, he went on to prescribe drugs to her, of which she began to take religiously.
While on that, she began to feel unusual symptoms in her body, and when she discovered that it was a side effect from the drugs that were prescribed to her. She went back to the hospital and reported her observation, and it was confirmed that what she felt was indeed a side effect from the drugs given to her. She was then prescribed another set of drugs to manage the side effect, and she went home to begin another journey of treatment.
Days later, she began to notice that something was not just right with her; she began to notice that her vision was becoming blurry on the third day. That was when she settled down and read the words written on the pack of the drugs, and one of the side effects listed there was eye problem. Without checking to see if she was fit to take that drug, or even checking to see if that drug was the exact remedy for the first side effect she was experiencing, they prescribed this one to her. She stopped taking the drugs and hurried back to the hospital.
There, she was asked to undergo another test, and when the result came out, it showed a totally different result from the initial test that she had done. She was prescribed yet another set of drugs, but the next morning, when she woke up, she discovered that she could not see anything as her sight had gone bad. Alarmed, she cleaned her eyes continuously, but nothing changed, which led to a more severe health challenge.
This lady then started going to an eye-clinic for treatment. At the eye clinic, she was asked to come back another day for a test, which would automatically lead to another round of drug prescription, but out of fear of suffering from another side effect, she decided not to return there, especially when she felt a little better with her sight.
So she switched from “white medicines” to “herbal (local) medicines.” Unfortunately, even that did not work well for her.
Now, this lady has stopped taking drugs or medicines altogether, and she has left her health challenges in the hands of prayers, hoping that she would gain healing permanently real soon.
Sad to say, this is not the first case of wrong prescriptions, as these things happen almost every day in Nigerian hospitals which have led to more severe illnesses. Some people go to the hospital, trusting the doctors with her health, only to leave there with what they never bargained for, or even worse, death in some cases. Most times, these people are just the average citizens of the country who cannot afford to sue a hospital/doctor, so they just continue their lives with that illness still residing in their bodies.
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How sad it is that even health organizations in Nigeria are no longer working as they should….. I really feel for the lady
It’s a terrible situation
May we not be a victim of such circumstance. I’ve heard of many cases of wrong prescription/injection that led to death. Our health sector has failed many people.
May God restore her sight.
A lot of things have gone bad, but this is the absolute worst!
Aww! This is so sad 😢. I hope she finds healing.
I hope she does too
This is just a summary of what our health organization looks like , a lot is to be done to save our dear country..I pray that God see her through and grant her healing
May God help us all
May God help us in this our country o, most of this our so called doctors will just be browsing their phones when talking to them…
Or is it the ones that graduated through malpractice?
Exactly!!!
Quite Unfortunate!!
Really unfortunate
unfortunately no one is talking about the health sector and how it be properly improved, just some recent months a fake doctor who has been working in the hospital for more than twelve years with a fake certificate have been caught.
I will take a long way for Nigeria to be awake
This is wild! Twelve years?
Heartbreaking! Wishing her speedy recovery and restored vision.This highlights the alarming state of our hospital. How can doctors be so reckless? Sad reality of Nigeria’s failed healthcare system
The failed system in this country has costed a lot of people not just their sight but also their lives.
It is generally adviced that if a drug side effect doesn’t cease, you stop the drugs immediately.
I really hope she doesn’t give up on her health, she should seek professional and specialist help, blindness throughout one’s life time is not a joke
Most people stop, but then again, a lifetime damage has already been done.
A truly sad reality.
With this act of incompetency that some of our medical practitioners are displaying, can we say Nigeria is also happening to them?, their recklessness is really costing a lot. I’ve heard of a case where an hypertensive drugs was prescribed to an underage who’s perfectly okay.
This is just sad, honestly.
Very sad one
This is so sad, and it’s a pity it keeps happening.
It’s really sad.