Linda On Benjamin...
Linda Ikeji about Benjamin, a story played one too many times in Nigeria, she concludes by asking if anything, what can Nigerian medical professionals living abroad do about the state of our health care?
Benjamin stayed alive for 45 minutes before giving up the ghost.The doctor, nurse, teacher, his friends from school and his mum watched while Benjamin took his last breath. They couldn't help him. No one could help him. He didn't have an inhaler, the clinic didn't have the drugs he needed. So they just watched...and he died..
I once worked for an organization in Kentucky,USA founded by a Ghanaian medical professor.It was a very straightforward and easy model. There were many doctors in America looking to contribute their expertise directly to Africa, but had no mechanism by which this could be carried out. This guy gave away free holidays in exchange for the care provided by this doctors. It worked perfectly well. Donors where fawning over him too. I beleive this can be duplicated in Nigeria too.
Benjamin stayed alive for 45 minutes before giving up the ghost.The doctor, nurse, teacher, his friends from school and his mum watched while Benjamin took his last breath. They couldn't help him. No one could help him. He didn't have an inhaler, the clinic didn't have the drugs he needed. So they just watched...and he died..
I once worked for an organization in Kentucky,USA founded by a Ghanaian medical professor.It was a very straightforward and easy model. There were many doctors in America looking to contribute their expertise directly to Africa, but had no mechanism by which this could be carried out. This guy gave away free holidays in exchange for the care provided by this doctors. It worked perfectly well. Donors where fawning over him too. I beleive this can be duplicated in Nigeria too.
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It is a shame, nice suggestion.
Nigerian doctors in the diaspora can't do anything! Not unless they are willing to participate in the corruption factor and even then theymight not achieve anything. Hopefully, things will change...