RE: "Doctor, Doctor, save my child!": Cultivating Good Health-Seeking Behaviour
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Interesting story.
Poor health seeking behaviour has always been an issue especially in places where the health system is not rightly organized.
But the least one can do for oneself is to get help on time, regardless.
The hospital doors are always open like you said.
See a doctor... Get help quick!
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You're right. The fear of the medical costs has greatly cheapened lives.
Here is to hoping that more people in areas of government make affordable health care for the less fortunate 😞
Thank you for your comment!
I hope allowance is also made for people who might want to invest in the health space.
There are solutions that can be provided by people who have the skillset for it, only if there is the political will for adoption.
I know of a friend and medical doctor who came up with a solution for the problem of unavailability of blood and blood products.
His innovation was ingenious but didn't fly so well because of the lack of political will for implementation.
Word!!!
The solution to this crises is truly multi-factorial. I'd like to say that I am hopeful for positive change in the health space - but it still seems years away, at least in Nigeria!
The lack of political will for health care is stunting the growth of the nation. And, even worse - the depression it causes is driving many doctors to seek work elsewhere.
I am sure your friend would have been better appreciated in other places, for example.
However, on that dismal note, hope must remain and the few and increasingly fewer doctors left must do more than their quota in minimising the loss of our vulnerable ones.
You just hit the nail on the head about the situation of things in Nigeria and some African countries.
Let's hope some allowance for problem solving is given to people who have great interests in solving problems peculiar to Africa and other third world regions.
Look at Mo Ibrahim, the pioneer of mobile telecommunications in Africa. Little did we know that what he started then would become the soul of communication for even the common man in Africa.
Africa, the Middle East and Asia needs to open its doors to innovators and investors, most especially indigenous ones with the right knowledge and expertise.
Our problems are peculiar to us and can only be solved by us.