Health, the cliché says, is wealth. But that’s an advice for the wise. For the greedy and short-sighted, reverse is the case; the overriding principle is wealth accumulation- sometimes primitive! It is no wonder, therefore, that many of the so-called rich and the highly placed, who desire endless accumulation at the expense of their health often die cheaply.


There have been stories about how some of them discover certain ailments late; many of such, terminal. But before they start to roll out their ‘hard earned’ fortune to rescue their health, money, at that point would have become helpless. And lo, they bid an untimely goodbye to their labour- sometimes left in the hands of total strangers.


Whoever loves the Enugu State Governor, Mr. Sullivan Chime, and has seen him of late should know that he is sick. From his recent pictures, especially the one taken when he paid a condolence visit to the family of the slain Kwara State Police Commissioner in Enugu, Mr. Chinwe Asadu, there is no doubting the fact that his health had deteriorated from the time he returned to the country after about 140 days for cancer treatment abroad.


Chime has come out to say he had cancer but that it had gone into remission after thorough treatment at a London hospital. To show that it was not a big deal, he claimed he was an outpatient for the period he was in London, meaning since he was not hospitalised, there was nothing to fret about.


But his swollen face, a couple of days ago, was worrisome if not scary. No wonder he declined picture-taking at an interview he granted select journalists when he newly returned to the country.


Chime needs not worry about what people may say and concentrate on his health. There is the feeling that his return to the country was borne out of political pressure. But as it is, there is nothing wrong if he steps down from office to take care of his health.


If he does not want to embrace that option, he still could approach his brothers at the legislature and ask for more time to go back for treatment. He just does not have to take a needless risk by feigning to be well. He should put his family first and consider what the implications would be for them if anything unexpected happens to him in the event that his health depreciates any further.


Chime does not have to approach this the Nigerian way. It is health matter. Instead, he can prove to be different by being honest with himself. If anything, the Chime that was seen a couple of days ago is still sick- very sick- and should go back for further checks, politics or not, until he is completely certified fit. Pray he gets round this phase as soon as possible. This is food for thought!

http://www.thisdayonline.com/

If only these sycophants&political jobbers who are feeling that his resignition will throw them out of comfort will see things the way u put it.'aghara ndu kpa aku,onye iro erie'

Only a fool would ignore such an advice. However, he was treated for CANCER and it takes months for the effect of the "poisonous" drugs he was treated with to wear down completely, some adverse reactions in periods just after treatment would be expected. I sincerely hope he isnt suffering a relapse.

these barbarians have sold their souls. Greed beclouds their vision.

So Chime should step down abi? Of course not, he's bigger than the pope you know

His jazzmen should work harder for their pay. Abi?

^^
All join jare

Governor Sullivan Chime and his Newspaper/ Internet Medical Advisers
By Ambrose Agu

The story entitled “This Chime is Sick!", ThisDay, 8th March, 2013, at first glance appears to resemble a fair piece of advice. Read it here: http://www.thisdaylive.com/articles/this-chime-is-sick-/141577/. But the problem, in my opinion, with this outwardly innocuous-seeming piece of advisory writing is that it is blatantly presumptive, unsolicited, intermeddling, and unsupported in terms of medical evidentiary sufficiency, therefore it is suspect and clearly lacks persuasive authority. Worse yet like the proverbial Trojan Horse it ominously also appears to harbour a well-hidden, self-interested agenda.

First, here is a summary of what we have always known about Gov Chime’s illness and circumstances, even prior to the unsolicited piece of public advice referenced above. Gov Chime himself on 13th February, 2013 gave a frank, transparent, and detailed account of his illness to the world at a press conference in Government House, Enugu. At that press conference he stated that he had suffered from nasal cancer, but he also explained that he has been cured of the illness (mainly because it was diagnosed early and treated immediately and aggressively). And he also publicly underscored that he would still need to go to his foreign-based doctors from time to time for routine checkups and maintenance. In sum he assured that he is essentially cured and now okay, but will need routine check ups. And since then he has been managing his health and going about his lawful duties without incident.

Now, the gravamen of the ThisDay write-up is (according to the writer) that Gov Chime is feigning to be well, that instead his health has deteriorated from the time he returned to the country on February 8, 2013, and that Gov Chime needs to step down from office and go seek further medical treatment. In support of this presumptive and dubious diagnosis, the writer proffers no more than a mere narrative on some recent pictures, especially the one picture taken when Gov Chime paid a condolence visit to the family of the slain Kwara State Police Commissioner in Enugu, Mr. Chinwe Asadu. Based on this lone picture which the writer probably saw in the pages of a newspaper, he made his diagnosis and recommendation and advised the abdication of a popular electoral mandate.

Not lost also is the writer’s figurative wagging finger and unfair insinuation about “the greedy and short-sighted” to whom wealth and the accumulation of wealth equate health and wellness, and who often discover, belatedly, that wealth does not conquer all - a trite and well-worn cliché that is completely inapplicable in this instance but which has nevertheless been unfairly hoisted upon Gov Chime.

Suffice it to say that the writer’s newspaper diagnosis and holier-than-thou moralizing is patently presumptive as it clearly presumes that Gov Chime and his doctors are unwilling or incapable of making such diagnosis and judgment call when and where necessary. This is wrong! Besides no one sought the writer’s advice, perhaps because the writer lacks the professional training, education and qualification to make such technical pronouncements; plus the writerliterally knows zilch about the details and progress of Gov Chime’s state of health, as a matter of fact. The writer’s opinion is, therefore, unnecessary and perhaps useless, and expectedly will not be required or considered in any medical decisions that may be made by Gov Chime and his doctors. After all, it was Gov Chime (not the writer) who made the decision to go for treatment abroad at the time that he did and at the place that he did and for the reasons that he did! So he and his doctors can make such a decision again if necessary (we pray there will never be a need to do so again). And to even expect Gov Chime to take his medical diagnosis and prescriptions from journalists on the pages of newspapers is to be ridiculous. This is why the advice offered was in reality un-useable and useless.

Besides Gov Chime has Nigerian doctors who, of course, expectedly are continuing to monitor his health and whose advice are more relevant, more grounded and more sensible than the unsolicited and intermeddling presentation we have here. This is therefore to say that the decision of when and how and where and whether to seek further medical treatment abroad is a personal and professional decision that belongs to Gov Chime and his doctors, not politicians and their journalist allies in media houses.

It is also interesting that the writer advised Gov Chime to step down from office and then go seek further medical treatment. Of course the import of that suggestion is dulled with the alternate suggestion that Gov Chime should approach the legislature for more time to go back for treatment, but we get the mischievous idea! Of course many political opponents and foes have been coming out lately with the suggestion that Gov Chime should resign and go seek further treatment. On the surface this would seem like an innocuous, apolitical advice, but the giveaway is that the bearers of this Trojan-horse often always seem more concerned about Gov Chime than Gov Chime himself plus his family and friends combined! Well an opportunity that was lost at the ballot box, and at the courts, and in popular opinion and popular will, should not be so easily regained via such outlandish childish subterfuge! 2015 is around the corner, the opposition is advised to better try their luck then, than resort to this crocodile concern, a laughable shenanigan!

Finally let us let Gov Chime be. He and his Nigerian doctors who are conversant with his progress are quite capable of making any medical decision if ever such a decision becomes necessary. It is improper for anyone to diagnose from afar, and prescribe on the pages of newspapers or the internet, without any true knowledge of the details of the matter in question. Such quack diagnosis and prescription would be dubious and inferior and dangerous to say the least. It would also be un-useable and useless as it could never be used by any right thinking person. So please spare us. Keep your diagnosis and prescriptions to yourself.

By Ambrose Agu
Enugu, Enugu State, Nigeria

@Ambroseagu, please get a life. I mean a real life.
Stop deceiving your paymaster.