Becoming a doctor in Nigeria is a scam.
No, seriously. It is a huge scam.
Conventional doctoring in Nigeria, at least as it is currently structured, is miserable. Sometimes I walk through teaching hospitals and look at the conditions under which some doctors live and work, and I ask myself: is this really the dream?
You spend over half a decade studying one of the hardest courses in the country. You write professional examinations. You lose sleep. You sacrifice your youth. Then you graduate into a system that often does not reward the effort you put in.
I have seen doctors living in hostels that are not fit for human dignity. Somehow, this has become normalized. Somehow, people are expected to look at this life and aspire to it.
You grow up wanting to become "Chief this" or "Professor that." Then you look closely at the lifestyle and ask yourself a dangerous question:
Is this actually success, or have we merely decorated suffering?
This is where I depart from conventional thinking.
If I become a doctor and I intend to—I do not intend to be a conventional doctor.
I refuse to accept a system where years of training, expertise, and sacrifice are rewarded with dependence on salaries that people have to beg to be paid.
I simply cannot.
Perhaps some people can.
I cannot.
One thing I have never understood is why self-promotion is frowned upon among doctors. Why? In a system that does not adequately reward the people who sustain it, why should those same people not build personal brands, networks, businesses, and professional identities outside the hospital walls?
Why should they not?
I intend to promote myself.
I intend to build networks.
I intend to create economic relationships with people outside the hospital.
I intend to create value outside the four walls of medicine.
I do not want to be in a position where my entire livelihood depends on one salary from one institution.
That model does not appeal to me.
Every day, doctors interact with people who need their knowledge, expertise, and services. It seems strange to me that many professionals are trained extensively in medicine but very little in wealth creation, branding, entrepreneurship, or economic independence.
To me, wisdom is not only knowing medicine.
Wisdom is also understanding systems.
And one thing I have learned very early is this: if a system does not reward you adequately, then you must build structures around yourself that do.
This is not greed.
This is survival.
Perhaps other people see medicine differently.
Perhaps they are satisfied with the traditional path.
That is their choice.
But for me, medicine will be a profession, not a prison.
I want to be an excellent doctor.
I also want to be free.
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🚨Josh Kroenke’s words after yesterday’s parade hit different ❤️ He Said…..
🗣️With what I witnessed yesterday night in London, I think we need this every year.”
🗣️I will do all it takes, provide everything needed, do all that I need to do without hesitation.”
And then he said it with full chest: “I believe we are currently the best club in England, with no doubt.🥰
Seeing him on that bus singing, holding the trophy high, wearing that brothers Saliba/Gabriel shirt you could feel it. He’s not just the owner anymore… he’s one of us. Living the dream with the fans who stayed loyal through everything.
This is the standard now. Proper love from the top. We deserve this energy every season.
COYG 🔥🏆❤️ Who else got goosebumps reading his words?
@sami_bam@TadyJerry lol very confused gender. Dey say this and do another never take what the gods created for fun and excitement serious he get why dem create them last. God no take dem serious even animal first dem come life
VDM will have to explain where the voice note came from.
Cloning the voice of the president of Africa’s largest country is a serious criminal offence.
He would face serious consequences over this.
No protest will save him from this!
They blame systemic issues on the HCWs.
1. They hate the doctor because they spend a long time before being seen in a public hospital. Forgetting it’s one doctor alone seeing over 40 patients.
2. They hate the nurse because she’s not by their bedside to feed and change diapers every time. Forgetting she’s the only one nursing over 25 patients.
3. They hate that HCWs don’t run like it’s portrayed in movies. Forgetting the HCW here is overworked and underpaid unlike the ones in movies.
4. They hate that the HCWs send them to buy other things and do some tests outside. Forgetting that it’s not even the HCWs duty to keep those things in the hospital.