A Glimpse of hope for childless couple!! I can hear a joyful cry in that home of the barren

Coming into Garki Hospital Abuja this morning, I saw this big banner👇👇👇

My thought was flashed back to the era when one can only go for an IVF procedure with millions of naira in your account. Thanks to advance technology, now a lot of childless couples will realize their dreams and know the joy of having children and raising a family.

Am also excited that NISA premier Hospital is one of the pioneers of IVF therapy in Nigeria and they have made the following landmark achievements in IVF.

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  • In 1998, the first government authenticated test tube baby in Nigeria (i.e. by In Vitro Fertilization, IVF) technique was born in this hospital.
  • Subsequently, Nigeria’s first IVF Twins, Triplets and children from frozen embryos were also born at Nisa.
  • Over 1,500 test tube (IVF) babies have been delivered at Nisa Premier Hospital to date.
  • Accreditation of Medicult International as the sole provider of In Vitro Maturation (IVM), a special fertility therapy option aimed at reduction of trauma and cost, in Africa.
  
  

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Guideline and Recommendation for health and care according to National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE)

It is important that we are aware of basic health and care recommendation by a standard health organisations as NICE.

Through evidence-based practice, they came up with some recommendations for improving health and social care which is suitable for most people irrespective of their health condition or need or circumstances or settings.

NICE  guidelines will help us understand that health and social care professionals have the primary responsibility to:

1. Prevent ill health
2. Promote and protect good health
3. Improve the quality of care and services
4. Adapt and provide health and social care services

   Are you aware of these guidelines?  💁💁💁As patients, we can all join hands together with the healthcare providers to enjoy a better and quality health.💪💪💪How I became a Patient Advocate

Stop Stigmatizing and Start Helping drug addicts. “SUPPORT DON’T PUNISH”

UNITED NATIONS WORLD DAY AGAINST DRUG ABUSE AND ILLICIT TRAFFICKING:

Stigmatize and incarcerate drug users has prevented many from seeking medical treatment. We should not criminalize patients that are in need of help.  We need to help our youths that have drug addiction problems, they should be cared for as patients in need of treatment and not as criminals. You never can tell how far your input can go in rehabilitating drug users victim.  

Stay safe and stay off drugs!

https://www.unodc.org/unodc/en/press/releases/2017/June/statement-on-the-international-day-against-drug-abuse-and-illicit-trafficking.html

National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS): "Madam you are even lucky"

"Madam you are even lucky"

I have been pondering to understand what it means to be lucky in this context. A close friend of mine took her son yesterday the hospital following frequent complains from the son that "his eyes are disturbing him" and that he is having blurred vision and pains in both eyes. The woman became worried and decided to seek medical help as the boy complained on a night before that he could not see properly.
As a staff of FMC, Abuja she decided to access the health insurance in her hospital but was referred out to the National hospital for eye care. They were in the hospital as early as 8: 00am on that fateful Monday morning (25th June 2018). It took almost 6 hours to complete registration and to be eligible to see an eye doctor having been on different queues for the opening of the card and documentation.

Finally, it got to the turn of my friend to be attended to by the attending nurses at few minutes past 2'O clock who thought it will be an opportunity for her son to see the consulting clinician having waited patiently on the queue but alas she was told that her son  has been booked for 31st July, 2018 as they have exhausted the number of the patients to be seen for the day.

Perplexed, she queried why the son was booked for 31 July without any form of assessment considering the poor boy challenges and given that this is their first time to the hospital. Then came those shocking words that "Madam, you are even lucky to be booked on 31st July 2018-some patients were even booked on a later date".

This had kept me thinking of place of patient safety in our health sector. If this is happening in Abuja the FCT, you can only but imagine what will be happening in other states. What is the hope of common man in accessing quality health care in Nigeria?

Patient safety-Telling our stories

This platform is all about sharing information about patient safety, avoiding harassment, staying healthy and sharing information of how to improve the quality of the services that the patients received by continuous educating the patients to prevent future errors in taking medical decisions. We are here to empower someone by sharing information about our experiences and knowledge, learn from other people's mistakes, encourage those in need and foster better relationship to build a greater and healthy society.
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