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We now have a multi tiered health care system according to one’s means or no treatment at all, because seeking treatment or not is now more of an option.Almost twenty years ago, my dad had an accident and sustained multiple fractures that needed a leg cast and regular appointments at the orthopaedic units. My father has always been an inpatient patient, he does not like to be dependent on anyone but he knew he had to pay for treatment so that he can recover the use of foot.

The story of access or lack thereof, and the quality of treatment in healthcare is sadly, out of reach for many and it is definitely inadequate and it is causing needs deaths. According to the World Health Organization , Nigeria has one of the highest doctor to population ratio in Africa. It is hard to believe isn’t but this is a misnomer .

He said that there was nothing wrong with doctors leaving the country because,the remittance they, in turn, grow the economy, “No, I am not worried . We have surplus. If you have surplus, you export. It happened some years ago here. I was taught chemistry and biology by Indian teachers in my secondary school days.

He simply, telling the improvised that there is no problem and that everything us fine and dandy because the ineptitude of subsequent administrations lack of investment in prioritising health care and resources is not a problem! He seems to play down Nigerians resilience as a success and a resource for the government coffers. What an insult! We know that remittance of billions of dollars is what keeps Nigeria afloat.

All habits are bad habits. Madness does not come by breaking out, but by giving in; by settling down in some dirty, little, self-repeating circle of ideas; by being tamed.We are no Cuba but we could learn from its systems. “Cuba has too many doctors, so their main source of hard currency is to rent out medical services,” Kirk said.

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