By the way, we may fight me, but I do believe that Christians should consider adoption A LOT, even if you already have your desired number of Children.
Let's make a list of hospitals/pharmacies with access to antivenom in Nigeria. Add yours, then I will compile the list and publish.
1.Ilorin
-Ladim Pharmacy
- Assamadiya
-Rota Medics
2. Abuja
-H Medix
Patient came to the Antenatal Clinic, saw a house office eating gala and jokingly asked to share with him. The HO obliged and gave her .
That evening she was admitted through the ER for Preterm contractions. During the rounds the next day, she kept asking the SR and Consultant if what happy to her had anything to do with eating gala.
These patients are not your friends or family members, let your kindness be very limited when you see them.
They won't mind if the license that took you years of tears and blood is burnt in a minute.
They will turn to the next Doctor with a valid.
Be Reasonable and wise!
The Triple Regimen for H. Pylori is now obsolete.
A quadruple regimen of PPI (Omeprazole/Lansoprazole, metronidazole, tetracycline and bismuth is recommended.
One of the reasons I couldn’t do psychiatry is because I’m too empathetic. Constantly being exposed to it will have me become depressed myself. I still struggle with the random homeless people I see on my way to work everyday, it’s a lot.
Around 12 noon today, a couple rushed into Medicine Casualty holding their 3-year-old. The child had fallen off a table; his wrist was visibly deformed, likely a clean break. He was crying inconsolably, surrounded by 4 or 5 frantic relatives.
"Doctor, treat my child fast!" they shouted.
I immediately assessed the situation. As a Medicine resident, I am neither an orthopedician nor a pediatrician. I knew that I was not in a position to manage this situation.
I calmly told them: "This is Medicine Casualty. Please turn left, the Orthopedic Casualty is right there. Since you have many people with you, have one person take the child there immediately while another goes to the counter for a ticket so the doctors can order X-rays and meds."
That’s when the shouting started.
"You good-for-nothing doctors! Can’t you see this is an emergency? Why do we need a ticket?"
My junior rushed over to help, only to be met with threats: "Treat him immediately or things will get bad for you." Then, the phones came out. Cameras were shoved in our faces. "Look at these doctors refusing to treat a child!"
Here is the context a 30-second viral video would miss:
1. I was directing them to the correct specialist only 3 minutes away.
2. Without a hospital ID/ticket, the Ortho team can't even log an X-ray request into the system.
3. Staying in Medicine Casualty was actually delaying the child's care.
To de-escalate, I eventually had to leave my own post unattended to personally escort them to the Ortho wing and explain the situation to the doctors there.
Hours later, after the child was stabilized, the family returned to apologize. I appreciate the apology, but the damage of those "recorded" moments lingers. This is the daily reality for doctors: being vilified for following the very protocols that ensure a patient gets the right treatment from the right specialist.
Before you share a "doctor refusing treatment" video, ask yourself: Are they refusing, or are they trying to get the patient to the help they actually need?
A good time to make this spread and trend again…….
Let’s go !
Jesus just has to be who He says He is. No one gives this joy that He gives.
We celebrate our king, JESUS !
After treating you, you decided to abscond without paying your bills.
Somehow, you got picked up and brought back to the hospital.
Another patient relative is now asking us for permission to beat you up and we've been begging him since.
The drama in trenches is unending.
Wk 21 ✔️
Paediatric literally stressed me so much that I could not keep up with my diary update.
This was a good week, I went to a family party and I had so much fun.
#deehjdiary
Wk 21 ✔️
Paediatric literally stressed me so much that I could not keep up with my diary update.
This was a good week, I went to a family party and I had so much fun.
#deehjdiary
Wk 20✔️
Another week of NNU.
My calls were super busy this week, I had a lot of patients in the ward, and I was basically fighting for my life this week.
#deehjdiary
Just got a notification that someone liked this post, and it hit me It’s been 6 months since I began my housejob journey in Lagos!
Grateful for how far I’ve come. Thank you, Jesus, for always answering my prayers 🙏✨