At this point I'm tired.
I just heard a news that broke my heart once again
Nigeria just happened to a 21 year old and I'm angry.
The boy was rushed in as an emergency to my ward 3 weeks ago. He was screaming at the top of his lungs in serious pain and clutching his deformed leg.
He was coming from an outing that night and while trying to park his bike to urinate, he went too close to the edge of the gutter and fell in.
And while trying to manoeuvre the bike, the bike fell on him into the gutter breaking his thigh bone.
Upon seeing the deformity and swelling, I instantly made the diagnosis of femoral shaft fracture, resuscitated, measured the thigh circumference and referred to Eksuth.
He asked me, "Doctor, will I ever walk again?" and I told him, "Yes it's just a fracture and all you need is surgery, rehabilitation and you'd be back on your feet in 6 months"
I never bother to follow up.
Today, I was shown his picture as he just had the leg amputated.
His foolish parents discharged him against medical advise and took him to a traditional bone setter, who wrapped the leg in bandages and left him on the bed for weeks.
It was only after the leg started becoming dark that he was rushed back to the teaching hospital but it was already too late.
Imagine a 21 year old losing his leg in this Tinubu economy.
Even people like me with two legs are struggling.
His parents should be sentenced to life imprisonment.
I'm so angry right now.