phemmyfour:
Comprehension= zero

An eye witness was the Uber man that rescued him. He was the first contact with the deceased even before the medical practitioner

So you want to tell me that the statement of a layman weighs more than the statement of trained medical personnel in this instance?!

KingAzubuike:


Haha when I rushed my late dad to the hospital, the doctor used a steth to confirm he was dead on arrival. I asked how he arrived at that conclusion, he said he has no pulse lol. We've seen cases where victims with no heartbeat/pulse are brought back to life through defibrillators or CPR. I begged him to at least try something. The way the doctor just dey sluggish like he was clueless made me lose hope instantly. Our health care system in nigeria is in so much decay. An emergency situation is synonymous to a death sentence. In developed countries you go see as doctors , nurses and paramedics go dey rush and run helter-skelter to attend to a victim during emergencies in A&E. For naija here dem go just dey waka and yawn like they forced them to do the job.

Defibrillators are not used to start a non beating heart. they're used to try to force a heart that's beating irregularly to become regular

KingAzubuike:


Haha when I rushed my late dad to the hospital, the doctor used a steth to confirm he was dead on arrival. I asked how he arrived at that conclusion, he said he has no pulse lol. We've seen cases where victims with no heartbeat/pulse are brought back to life through defibrillators or CPR. I begged him to at least try something. The way the doctor just dey sluggish like he was clueless made me lose hope instantly. Our health care system in nigeria is in so much decay. An emergency situation is synonymous to a death sentence. In developed countries you go see as doctors , nurses and paramedics go dey rush and run helter-skelter to attend to a victim during emergencies in A&E. For naija here dem go just dey waka and yawn like they forced them to do the job.

With our doctors going abroad and our citizens encouraging them to do so, aren't we in some deep shit?
My belated condolences sir.

fluffybaby:
Nigerian Drs are Satan's secret agents.

If you are talking about a public hospitals you are right but a private hospital is not a charity organization, they are strictly for business. Blame the government for not creating a health care insurance for all. Many people will be treated before payment and at the end will refuse to pay. With time the hospital runs out of business.

Jpblessed:
This is bad and the narrative have to change.

Police hold the larger share of responsibility to change the narrative

fkj950ax:


Read the hospital statement. It refutes your comment. You weren’t there to emphatically say they didn’t help him.
From the family’s statement they said nobody came and his phone didn’t ring until later (That’s the first friend or family mentioned) but millions had been deposited by who and when.
Hospital A issued a statement on what they did. (Attend to him)
It’s in the process of going to Hospital B that the stupid video was made.
He passed in Hospital B on an ICU bed.

And you still say today that he wasn’t attended to.

But the eyewitness's statement does not refute my comment? Both have made contrasting statements on this case. My comment is still valid anyway, some hospitals needlessly watch people die because no initial deposit was made.

But some clowns on here have passed judgment on the lad already

chisomkachy:


https://www.vanguardngr.com/2022/10/late-rico-swavey-was-not-drunk-family-witness/

Why would anyone run into a concrete median unless they are drunk, they should've provided an alternative excuse because their lone-accident, sober-driver story just doesn't make any fucking sense

On a more general note we should all continuously pray to never have a medical emergency in Nigeria, Because these days that would be direct entry to heaven o (or hell, as the case may be)

MT:
Whose report would you believe? A medical practitioner clearly stated that he was smelling of alcohol. Days later, an eye witness appeared with his family to say he didn't perceive any alcohol. It's sounding as a case of laundering his last moment on earth by the family, which was needless because the world has moved on from the case.

To the living, when you drink, pleaaaaaasssseeeeee, do NOT drive!

Drugs nko

I can relate, had an accident. No 1 helped, i kept driving to find an hospital to take me in. Despite been a severe one, a broken ankle actually , was told it isnt an emergency therefore had to wait fr like 2 months to be operated on. I had to discharge myself n drive down to another state. May nigeria never happen to us

tomietush:
I can relate, had an accident. No 1 helped, i kept driving to find an hospital to take me in. Despite been a severe one, a broken ankle actually , was told it isnt an emergency therefore had to wait fr like 2 months to be operated on. I had to discharge myself n drive down to another state. May nigeria never happen to us

It is not only in Nigeria that it takes time to book a slot with a doctor.

The same thing also happens in the UK

Ann21:
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Anne

everyone please don't mind this fraudsters anything you send to him nah to drinks and catch fun wth it please don't mind this man he has always been using this same format to still defraud a lot of people on Nairaland

WibusJaga:
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"Rico was drunk" - Hospital
"Rico was not drunk" - Family, Uber Driver
Whose report do we believe now?

Anyway, prevention is always better than cure:
1. If you Drink, Do Not Drive
2. Avoid or Minimise Night Driving
3. Avoid Overspeeding & Cut Down Speed at Night.

I feel all this drunk or nor drunk palava is just hyprocisy by both parties and centred on trying to prove more of a moral standing...the man is dead. Instead, I think the focused should be more on the wicked practice of hospitals not attending to accident victims or asking for huge deposits before they commence treatment. That is the main issue and it's terrible!

KingAzubuike:


Haha when I rushed my late dad to the hospital, the doctor used a steth to confirm he was dead on arrival. I asked how he arrived at that conclusion, he said he has no pulse lol. We've seen cases where victims with no heartbeat/pulse are brought back to life through defibrillators or CPR. I begged him to at least try something. The way the doctor just dey sluggish like he was clueless made me lose hope instantly. Our health care system in nigeria is in so much decay. An emergency situation is synonymous to a death sentence. In developed countries you go see as doctors , nurses and paramedics go dey rush and run helter-skelter to attend to a victim during emergencies in A&E. For naija here dem go just dey waka and yawn like they forced them to do the job.

talk the one wey you know ooo

Eriokanmi:
People are always scared to rescue accident victims. Some are also naturally wicked. I don't know why. Sometime ago, I saw an LT bus on a Sunday at the scene of a major accident. Nobody was close to the bus. I saw 2 men inside. One was unconscious while the other was badly injured on his forehead. The windscreen had cut his forehead deep so it affected his brain. He was just talking nonsense. Instead of people to come to their rescue, they were just taking selfies and recording. I saw something shocking. Fire had gutted part of the bonnet, it was already raging, getting to the driver's side and the driver was already unconscious. I quickly forced the door open and called people around to help out. I first pulled out the man with a deep cut, some people went to look for water, pouring it on him.

One guy pulled off the battery cable located behind the driver seat cos while the fire was burning the engine side, the LT Bus' engine was still running. As soon as the cable was removed, the engine stopped. To now evacuate the driver became another problem. We had to put out the fire first. He was half dead but his body was still warm.with a little pulse on him. We had to break a portion of the steering side cos the whole dashboard had collapsed on his 2 legs. We pulled him out, carried him across the other side of the road to a hospital called Longing Medical Centre at Ijaye Ojokoro area. I went to see one of my staff staying around there that year. I needed him to help out with something urgent.

Long story cut short, the guy with a deep cut regained his senses while the unconscious guy sneazed when we got to the hospital after taking some drips. He opened his eyes. The injured guy now narrated what happened. That whey were returning from a naming ceremony of one of their friends baby and suddenly ran into a parked trailer and that's all he could remember. I asked him to give me the number of their relations to call. As soon as I was able to establish the contact with them and the hospital, I now took my leave. I called them later to know how they were faring. They were OK and in good spirit. God used me as their angel that evening. They'd have got burnt completely inside that LT Bus cos nobody was willing to come to their rescue.

Omoh! You tried. Now I understand why some accident victims usually burn to death. Help never came their way.

Like seriously. The police should be blamed for this... I no fit go write statement then spend days for cell because I help person wey get accident. When you witness police wicked first hand trust me u go understand.

Hmmmmm
Nigerians sha
Not just the health system, even citizens are supposed to know the first thing to do during emergencies.
How many of Una know how to do CPR? If you are alone with a family member and he suddenly collapse, and would require CPR you go sabi do am? How would you realise a person needs CPR ?
See ehn, the country is rubbish. No blame any hospital, hospitals dey do money business, but the government that is supposed to put things in place are not doing it.

In u.k, you as an employee will undergo series of training.
As a nurse in Naija, I never went through any training asides from school. Rather we learn as we work, or from past experiences.

I don pay money of person wey I no Sabi, all because the person Japa from hospital without paying. Hospitals are to save lives, yes but Nigerians are cunny beings.

And if you think it's rosy in u.k, I laff you.
I sick , dem dey book me appointment for 3 days to come.
If Na Naija shebi I for don even start something maybe test or medications.
My friend spent 10 hours in A&E, no dey think say Naija own worse pass .

Everybody just dey do anyhow for naija,if you know say Na OYO go be your case during avoidable emergencies. You too go try as much to avoid am.

Rico don die, make e rest. Them fit don born am for somewhere else sef, una dey here dey look for who to blame.

By the way, wetin be Naija emergency number again?

We4all:


Omoh! You tried. Now I understand why some accident victims usually burn to death. Help never came their way.

Yes, exactly. The reason why most victims either bleed to death or burn to death. We're so uncaring in this part of rhe world. You'd just see vehicles driving past them on the highway. There was a day I was coming back to lagos from asaba. There was this guy I was competing with along ijebu ode highway..
The portion was very bad if you're familiar with the place. We were both driving SUVs. Suddenly, I couldn't see him ahead of me. He had veered into the Bush. By the time we got there I was shocked all parked and rescued him. He was fine. Another day I was driving to same asaba and saw a GIG Logisrics bus inside the Bush. The driver slept off. I wasn't even scared of the desolate highway, I stopped and went to search for him. He was safe. He said he couldn't rest for says and had to hit the road again. People were just driving past him. Too bad

Tboymessiah:
NasoLifeBe

Wetin responsible man they find for that kind middle of the night,. If not for Igbo, Shayo and Olosho....

Shey Una go talk sey e drink alcohol before.....

Train ur child in the way of God and he will give u peace and rest of mind

Exactly my thoughts

This concrete demarcation that's errected beside traffic lights junctions on Lekki epe expressway is serious death trap. Doesn't make sense.
It's very bad that atimes one may not even notice them as road is not lit and many run into them.

They should be removed as it's serious hazard. Never seen such anywhere else.

[quote author=buygala post=117925005]Alcohol isn't the only stuff that gets people high

Dude could have been on a thousand and one drugs, not necessarily alcohol
How well do you know he caused his death all by himself??

Kobicove:


So you want to tell me that the statement of a layman weighs more than[b] the statement of trained medical personnel in this instance?[/b]!

Its like you dont live in nigeria... the bolded could just be made up to protect their image.

SavageResponse:
The family is lying, that guy must have been intoxicated or very high on drugs for him to have been driving at such a high speed in the night!

Stop assuming wat u knw little or nothing about please!

WibusJaga:
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"Rico was drunk" - Hospital
"Rico was not drunk" - Family, Uber Driver
Whose report do we believe now?

Anyway, prevention is always better than cure:
1. If you Drink, Do Not Drive
2. Avoid or Minimise Night Driving
3. Avoid Overspeeding & Cut Down Speed at Night.

Even if he was drunk, does that mean he shouldn't be attended to immediately. Thats gross carelessness and ineptitude from the medicals. Normally, they ought to be sued and have their licenses revoked

chisomkachy:


https://www.vanguardngr.com/2022/10/late-rico-swavey-was-not-drunk-family-witness/

When we were debating on this issues last time when the incident happened some people where arguing that he was drunk and it wasn’t the hospitals fault that Rico passed away, I doubt if any of these people have had an emergency situation in Nigeria before and see the manner in which Hospital handle emergency situations, Nigeria hospitals most especially government hospitals are killing people they don’t know the true meaning of emergency, it’s a situation whereby every minutes that counts brings the victim closer to the grave yet they wasted about 3hrs, imagine someone bleeding for 3hrs they expect him to still survive, na God go punish all hospitals wey dey do those things including the nurses who feel too pompous to attend to an emergency rather than making videos and laughing

BigBashiru:


Its like you dont live in nigeria... the bolded could just be made up to protect their image.

The doctors and nurses who examined that guy were right, he was drunk while driving and this contributed to the severity of the accident

Medical personnel from 2 different hospitals said he was drunk and yet the family is just trying to deny what everyone with common sense knows is true!

Emperor88:

If you are talking about a public hospitals you are right but a private hospital is not a charity organization, they are strictly for business. Blame the government for not creating a health care insurance for all. Many people will be treated before payment and at the end will refuse to pay. With time the hospital runs out of business.

So you think somebody of Rico Swavey can’t pay hospital bills? This poor thinking mentality that our hospitals have is affecting a lots of things, I blame the government that doesn’t even have health insurance for every citizens, They can copy all things from abroad but can’t implement the good ones

Hmmm...deep

Comedian2019:
A country where people value money over human lives is a dangerous place to live.

chisomkachy:


https://www.vanguardngr.com/2022/10/late-rico-swavey-was-not-drunk-family-witness/

I recall seeing a vehicle in the middle of the road divide at Abraham Adesanya while going to my office at about 5am on the day of this said incident. I felt two things could have happened 1. The driver was high or 2. his eyesight was bad. I have experienced both scenarios which is why I drive with glasses at night and avoid high level alcohol at nights. May he find peace with his creator. I never knew him.

Bigchristo:
So you think somebody of Rico Swavey can’t pay hospital bills? This poor thinking mentality that our hospitals have is affecting a lots of things, I blame the government that doesn’t even have health insurance for every citizens, They can copy all things from abroad but can’t implement the good ones

I'm making a general reference.... according to the post, they don't know him at the initial stage.

God1000:
I don't know why people don't like helping accident victims in Nigeria.

https://punchng.com/how-cctv-saved-me-from-arrest-doctor-who-tried-to-rescue-rccg-gospel-artiste-that-committed-suicide/

3 years ago, a corper doctor serving in Abuja walked into an estate and together with two other people spotted a man (a pastor actually) just effecting his act to commit suicide. He was dangling in the rope already. The training and instinct of the doctor made him to swing into action and with the help of the other two passersby, brush down the victim and he started recuscitation. Within moments, the police aniseed their presence and the remaining two samaritans, for obvious reasons, stylishly depleted the scene leaving the doctor alone with a dead man on his laps.

The police did not bother to listen to his story or pleas but will rather believe the untold story of a dead man as against the story told by a living man found at the scene, even without conducting an investigation or autopsy to corroborate the story of the living man. The doctor was on the scene charged with murder and was to be sent to court.

The story went viral and people and commenterS became analysts and counter analysts overnight. But one thing stood out: the corper doctor was about to go to jail for a crime he did not commit, and for following the dictates his profession to save lives.

Days after, favour came through. There was a church inside the estate and it so happened to be one of those modern churches that also go extra hippie to ensure their own security and protection is ensured since the government had continously failed in her role to protect the lives and properties of citizens. And this church was situated not far from where the incident happened.

A CCTV. Yes a cctv belonging to the church caught the whole incident right from the time the victim tied the knit and committed the social action and a part of when those passersby, the doctor included, raced in to rescue the dying man. This video was made public and brought in as evidence.

That was how another life was saved from the injustice being perpetrated by the Nigerian police.

I am a medical personnel and whenever I am around in Nigeria and come across accident victims or a random person having a cardiac attack which urgent intervention by an EMS (of course Nigeria don't have any EMS service) which implies that I will effectively be an EMS, by virtue of my profession, at that site, ọmọ, I go throway face.

Wisdom is good for guidance.

https://punchng.com/how-cctv-saved-me-from-arrest-doctor-who-tried-to-rescue-rccg-gospel-artiste-that-committed-suicide/

Our hospitals are also

God1000:
the habit of rejecting dying people that need urgent medical help, they will ask for money before the treatment thereby resulting in avoidable deaths.

Would you still like me to go on with answering your second question or you'll prefer to do a personal research on it?