This is my honest take on this.
I’m not here to defend everything that was said, but I also don’t agree with how quickly this has turned into dragging.
Firstly, not correcting patients who call you “doctor” is identity misrepresentation, and framing escalation as “when necessary” and presenting that as autonomy is very misleading.
As a registered nurse, you are still accountable for proper escalation and medical oversight. That part should never be blurred, and I understand why doctors are concerned.
But at the same time, I think many people are ignoring the reality of the system this emanates from.
In Nigeria, there is a serious gap between what you are trained to do, what you are actually allowed to do, and what hospital policies permit you to do.
There are hospitals where simple cannulation cannot be performed by an RN, not because they cannot, but because they are not allowed to.
You can be trained as a midwife and still not be allowed to take deliveries because of how some systems are structured.
So you end up in this space where your competence is there, but your practice is restricted and that gap creates frustration, confusion, and sometimes even identity struggles.
Many nurses have questioned diagnoses. Many have picked up early signs. Many know they were trained for more than just carrying out instructions, but the system does not always create room for that.
So I don’t just see someone trying to be a doctor. I see someone who gained confidence in a setting that allowed him to do more, but then struggled to communicate that within the right professional boundaries.
That doesn’t make everything he said right, but it also doesn’t automatically make him a quack.
From what was shared, there is no clear evidence of harm, even though we cannot verify everything. The issue is not necessarily that harm was done, but that the way it was presented creates a very blurry picture of roles, and that in itself is a problem.
Because in healthcare, clarity matters just as much as competence.
I understand why doctors are uncomfortable with it. I also understand why some nurses are calling him out. Both reactions are valid but dragging him like this does not address the actual issue.
The real issue is that we have a system that does not clearly define or support nursing roles, restricts practice in some places and overstretches it in others, and leaves the public confused about who does what.
Until we address that, these conversations will keep happening.
And we can correct what is wrong without tearing people down.
This is Ochanya’s mother crying and telling us how Ochanya’s vagina and asshole were cut together and that led to an infection called vesicovaginal fistula (VVF)
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