Nonchalance in UCTH-Calabar costs a life
This article is written based on request by a someone who pleaded
anonymity. It is meant to draw attention to the ailing standard of our
medical system. This time not necessarily in infrastructure but in how
practitioners attend to patients.
University of Calabar Teaching Hospital, Calabar which is one of the
leading teaching hospitals in the nation was recently labelled “most
disgusting hospital ever” by a source of mine who claims a close friend of
his died out of negligence and nonchalant attitude of the nurses and
student doctors who did not know what to do.
In his words,
“I watched my friend struggle for hours and the student doctor there knew not what to do. The nurses acted like his life meant nothing to them.
They allow student doctors play around with people’s lives”
According to him he is still mourning his friend and he believes his
friend could have survived if only he had been properly and promptly
attended to.
This article seeks to draw the attention of the
authorities that are responsible to regulate and check irregularities in
hospitals and especially UCTH.
Meanwhile It's not yet confirmed whether other casualties have resulted due to
this problem but with this story I want to believe this may not be the
first time. But then, I hope this will be the last time.
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