Nigeria
healthcare services: A problem worth solving
Today am writing on a
topic which apparently is not new to you and everyone around us but many have
refused or permit me to say have failed to take proactive measures about it.
This is a subject that affects you and me and also affects our children and
will also affect generations to come if nothing is done.
Recently I was in a
business seminar somewhere in Lagos, Nigeria organized by my fellowship, the
Full Gospel Business Men Fellowship International (FGBMFI). This is a
fellowship to be, it’s a training ground for both spiritual and physical
development and equally for business networking and development. Apologies, am
not here to bore you on that as this is not a platform to advertise a
fellowship.
Back to the main reason
why I have decided to pen down my thought and to share with you my experience.
After a series of expository paper presentations and training by seasoned
speakers, who themselves are successful business moguls and entrepreneur in
their various business. All participants were given the opportunity to network
and discuss with other participants. Without wasting time, I sprang into action;
I brought out my complimentary cards and company’s flier and begin to
network. Boldly written on the flier was
a question “How Good is your Hearing?”
After given out my fliers to a couple of
individuals, a man walked up to me and asked me a question which I found very funny.
Can you guess what the question was? I bet you won’t know, so don’t bother to
think about it. He said “Hehe!, why would you allow our president to travel
abroad for the treatment of his ear infection when you have the facilities to
take care of him?” To me it was a funny question and I didn’t see that coming.
I turned and looked at the man who from his look and stature should be in his
early forties, I smiled and responded Mr President did not seek for our
healthcare services, as such we couldn’t help. He smiled and answered oh
really?
But this man was not the
only one who asked me the same question. The same question kept coming back and
forth, while we all laughed about it, I gave them all similar responses.
If I may say, the
question sounds funny, isn’t it? But the truth remains that why should
individuals travel overseas to seek medical attention for ailments that could
easily be handled by our professional healthcare providers in a country as big
as Nigeria, with all her resources and potentials. Should we say it’s a show of
money, power and riches, but obviously it is not? It simply means that
something is not right with our healthcare delivery services; hence many don’t
trust in the system. Even those chosen to govern us and this has caused many to
seek medical attention oversea. This is shows the poor state of our healthcare
sector.
My question is what should
the masses do when our leaders and policy makers in the helm of affairs of this
great nation entrust with the responsibilities to make the nation great cannot
trust in her health sector to provide adequate healthcare services.
My answer is as good as
yours.
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Nice article sir, keep it up. Sincerely our beloved nation still have a lot to improve on in the area of our health care delivery.
ReplyDeleteThanks for reading and your feedback. I believe with good and sincere effort on the part of everyone we will soon attain that height
DeleteNice piece. The President's trip was an embarrassment to Nigeria's healthcare system. It's quite unfortunate that he's the same person that will be be promoting the 'buy Naija' campaign. There should be a policy that should ban all senseless travels by public office holders on trivial health grounds except for exceptional cases. Then our healthcare system will move forward.
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