The first step to solving the healthcare problem of Nigeria is to ensure that we optimise primary care.
There is no reason why a tertiary centre like an FMC or a Teaching hospital should be seeing cases of malaria or URTI.
Our 'emergency services' need to be equipped to manage emergencies right from the point of the emergencies happening to the point of treatment.
There is absolutely no reason why tertiary hospitals in Nigeria should always have faulty MRI and CT scan machines. Sometimes, they can't even do ordinary X-rays
Finally, out-of-pocket payment for health is not sustainable. In the same way that the government collects taxes, it can collect health insurance contributions and make it compulsory.
These things are not rocket science, I guess, but as always, I will think the lack of political will and zero patriotism on the part of us as the people is a huge contributor to all of the challenges we have in our great country.
We have the numbers, and I believe we gave the required resources to make things work.
End of rant!
Jola doesn’t succeed at ISWIS simply (or only) because she’s funny, she’s deeply knowledgeable about the creative business, the numbers, thoughts and philosophy of it.
She is THINKING in media!
@Zaddy_Abdul You talk as if you don’t know the schedule of most registrars
Most are doing alternative days calls
Most are in units with a lot of pxs, that after the days works they are too exhausted to even reply messages
Let’s be honest with ourselves here please