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Who can guess the number of doctors that can carry out brain surgery in Nigeria?
The number is just 74 as of 2018 for a population of almost 200,000,000
As of 2008, they were just 15
If you understand how scary this is, you would demand better healthcare
Japan has over 7500
The number is just 74 as of 2018 for a population of almost 200,000,000
As of 2008, they were just 15
If you understand how scary this is, you would demand better healthcare
Japan has over 7500
ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19320396
This is the reference for the 2008 values. There was only one neurosurgeon for 10 million people.
Imagine a person had a brain injury and did not have the funds to get quick service, what happens?
Now you know why Nigerians have resolved to prayer
This is the reference for the 2008 values. There was only one neurosurgeon for 10 million people.
Imagine a person had a brain injury and did not have the funds to get quick service, what happens?
Now you know why Nigerians have resolved to prayer
An interview with Dr Biodun Ogungbo on the ThisDay platform puts the recent number at 74 neurosurgeons
That is one neurosurgeon to almost 3 million people
Imagine a person has a brain injury somewhere, how long to get a neurosurgeon to save that person?
Do you understand now?
That is one neurosurgeon to almost 3 million people
Imagine a person has a brain injury somewhere, how long to get a neurosurgeon to save that person?
Do you understand now?
If you are finding it difficult to understand, remember the accident that happened to a certain person on a power bike. Would the average Nigerian have survived it if he or she were not connected to command the resources or had the funds for such a surgery?
You may feel that this does not concern you because it is just cough and catarrh that is your problem for now.
What if that accident victim was you? I know, God forbid...
But the energy we use to compare Wizkid and Davido, use it to DEMAND better healthcare from your leaders
What if that accident victim was you? I know, God forbid...
But the energy we use to compare Wizkid and Davido, use it to DEMAND better healthcare from your leaders
Nigeria spent just 4% of its budget on health in 2018
But we no dey sick, we are strong people, nothing dey do us, na just fasting and prayer we go use and agbo too
170000 Nigerians die from Tuberculosis on a yearly basis.
E no concern you abi? Lagos has the highest burden
But we no dey sick, we are strong people, nothing dey do us, na just fasting and prayer we go use and agbo too
170000 Nigerians die from Tuberculosis on a yearly basis.
E no concern you abi? Lagos has the highest burden
According to @NaijaFlyingDr "Every dollar invested in healthcare returns $2-$10 dollars back in terms of economic growth
Health care is an investment not a cost."
A sick population cannot drive an economy.
We are placing the cart before the horse
Health care is an investment not a cost."
A sick population cannot drive an economy.
We are placing the cart before the horse
@NaijaFlyingDr If an accident were to happen to you now on an expressway, a fire accident,
Can you beat your chest and say, I know I will make it to the hospital on time? I know the hospital I will be taken to will be well equipped to take care of me.
If no, then DEMAND better healthcare.
Can you beat your chest and say, I know I will make it to the hospital on time? I know the hospital I will be taken to will be well equipped to take care of me.
If no, then DEMAND better healthcare.
@NaijaFlyingDr I am done ranting, Let us go back to comparing Wizkid and Davido. Tacha and Mercy, and the rest.
kpata kpata, all of us go die one day abi?
You deserve better healthcare as a Nigerian
kpata kpata, all of us go die one day abi?
You deserve better healthcare as a Nigerian
