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Folake
December 9, 2022 at 12:19 amGreat!
One crucial point highlighted in this write-up is health insurance coverage.
Another area that should be looked into is the computerization of operations. This will improve turnaround time; inputting and retrieving patient details will be faster and provide a centralized database to access patients medical hostory.
Jamani Patience
December 9, 2022 at 9:33 amWe have the brains here in Nigeria, we just need our politicians to listen and implement the solutions provided by them.
Ojedokun Olajumoke
December 9, 2022 at 8:26 pmFederal Government hospitals bill not affordable for common people , consultation fee should be reduced to avoid masses going to quack doctors for treatment.
Government to look into nurse- patients ratio for effectiveness and should be fair to all health workers.
Ojedokun Olajumoke
December 9, 2022 at 8:26 pmFederal Government hospitals bill not affordable for common people , consultation fee should be reduced to avoid masses going to quack doctors for treatment.
Government to look into nurse- patients ratio for effectiveness and should be fair to all health workers.
Hammed Yusuff
December 10, 2022 at 4:17 amWell done Eng. Adelodun.
Beautiful write-up I must say.
We need to continually sing the points here to government and hoping they will do the needful as soon as possible.
Wuraola
December 11, 2022 at 7:59 amThis is really awesome, Mr. Adeolu. I enjoyed every bit as I read.
1. Like you said, it’s not just about budget allocation. It’s about knowing the needs of these healthcare facilities, most especially the primary healthcare centers ( PHCs) because they are closer to the grassroots. If Government-owned PHCs are well equipped and staffed, patients won’t go to private clinics where they have quack doctors.
2. Insurance too is a really important point that Government has to create awareness for and be readily active in that aspect. I work in a hospital where some equipments that are under NHIS do not work. In this case, patients have no choice but to pay from their pockets for these treatments. Also, why can’t insurance also cover tertiary level treatment for indigent patients? These patients can’t afford these surgery bills and they die in the long run.
3. About that medical education. I think Nigeria is doing quite well in that aspect. Medical education is cheaper in Nigeria, compared to other nations but these brains move out of the country because salaries and incentives are not motivating enough. The hazard effect of this is that experienced Nurses and Doctors move out of the system, leaving the young and inexperienced ones to attend to patients (ahhh Danger 😂).
4. Another problem we face is medical tourism. Like you said about having designated hospitals for some medical treatments, if we have the required equipments in this country, people don’t have to take their money (which is supposed to come into our healthcare purse) out of the country for surgeries.
All of these problems ball down to Leadership. Let’s just hope we have leaders that are really informed and will be willing to turn our healthcare around, someday.
Thank you for this piece again, Mr. Adeolu.
Moyo
December 17, 2022 at 5:40 pmAbsolutely brilliant piece. I just want to lend a few cents to the discourse.
1. We need a more robust conversation on how to fix health care in Nigeria, just like we need same for every facet of our public life.
2. We need to agree that provision of public health is a global challenge now irrespective of the wealth of a nation… the rethorics “free healthcare” our forefathers used to win election in those days which shamefully our current politicians use today, which they can’t fulfill has to stop. No country in the world today can give this to all its citizens.
3. Given these points, we need to have intellectual discourse around what public health can go round, who should mandatorily benefit, how to roll it out, funding, resourcing, equipping the infrastructure etc
These conversation should be Frank and engaging. We should not be shy to have a blend of natural therapies with orthodox, we should consider primary health as a preventive measure against more expensive treatment if we allow escalation of illnesses. We should consider critical infrastructure that can help eliminate medical expenses. We should consider healthy life style, we should consider birth control and how this can improve quality of life. There is economics to illnesses and also wellbeing… can we strategically consider this…
Just some thoughts….. Am sure there will be part 2. 3 , 4 to this brilliant piece…. Shalom.
Moyo
December 17, 2022 at 5:40 pmAbsolutely brilliant piece. I just want to lend a few cents to the discourse.
1. We need a more robust conversation on how to fix health care in Nigeria, just like we need same for every facet of our public life.
2. We need to agree that provision of public health is a global challenge now irrespective of the wealth of a nation… the rethorics “free healthcare” our forefathers used to win election in those days which shamefully our current politicians use today, which they can’t fulfill has to stop. No country in the world today can give this to all its citizens.
3. Given these points, we need to have intellectual discourse around what public health can go round, who should mandatorily benefit, how to roll it out, funding, resourcing, equipping the infrastructure etc
These conversation should be Frank and engaging. We should not be shy to have a blend of natural therapies with orthodox, we should consider primary health as a preventive measure against more expensive treatment if we allow escalation of illnesses. We should consider critical infrastructure that can help eliminate medical expenses. We should consider healthy life style, we should consider birth control and how this can improve quality of life. There is economics to illnesses and also wellbeing… can we strategically consider this…
Just some thoughts….. Am sure there will be part 2. 3 , 4 to this brilliant piece…. Shalom.