chidifyn:
Rip to kelechi. Docs n nurses can be heartless sometimes. They way they treat sick and dead pple amazes me. They don't ve regard n respect for human in dead and alive. I think they shld introduce a course in their studies that has to do with how to treat(self pity or having conscience) an individual . Many have died cos of their heartless attitude toward addressing some health issues even when they see d situation is bad. God help us in Nigeia.

mencade4:
maybe she did local abortion and the nurse dont want her to die in the teaching hospital


rip shä



but its not good ooo

chinexih:


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Imanuelle:


In certain situations, people improvise, especially when it has to do with life. A first aid treatment for a start, even on the floor could have had her alive till they can do the needful.

Giyerte:
200Level THEATRE ART UNIPORT student slumps to death in Her bathroom as a result of UPTH non-availability of BEDSPACE for Admission...
A 200 Level student from the department of theatre and film studies just died after she slumped in her hostel.  Students blame it on the University of Port Harcourt Teaching Hospital. Says they lacked incompetence ..The story so far...

She slumped in her bathroom this morning and was rushed to the hospital at 5:30 am, but she wasn't admitted because a wicked Nurse there said there was no bed space.
Her name is Kelechi Ndulagwa and according to our sources, she died out of lack of oxygen.  A wicked world indeed..may her soul RIP..

God help us all.

Says they lacked incompetence ... . That means they are COMPETENT ....





http://www.vanguardngr.com/2015/08/angry-uniport-students-lock-up-upth-chase-away-doctors/#sthash.y43UdcFv.dpuf

Visocrate:
students should have respect for their tutors there are better means or ways of protesting and expressing grievances rather than taking the laws into their hands they should not forget that one day they will also become a lecture and be placed in like positions and they anything that goes around comes around . so I urge you guys to be wisdomatic in every action you take

Nursecaleb:
mind what you say lady,if God says her time is not yet,she won't die

ziga:


If a facility is filled. First aid on the floor doesn't cut it. It probably means that the capacity of the healthcare workers, equipment, lab services etc has been reached.

Would it have been better if she was placed on the floor and there were no nurses available to see her or Doctors to care for her, or even no lab facilities for her care??

We do more harm by providing inadequate care.

We need to see the big picture. You can't use plaster to fix axe cuts.

delishpot:


So the government told the doctors not to attend to the girl ba? I even thought you would give a better reason why their way of handling it was not right sef.

dicefrost:



Visit an emergency dept in any teaching hospital, stay with the nurses all through their shift and you would understand the nature of the job. Its like sending soldiers to boko haram without weapons

Nursecaleb:
mind what you say lady,if God says her time is not yet,she won't die

bushdoc9919:





View from a medical doctor.

(Disclaimer...I do not work for UPTH, or any of its affiliated institutions.)

First off, I commiserate with the students of Uniport as well as the lady's family over this untimely death.

Second....let's look at this case.

They got to the hospital. Most likely....they got to the Accident and Emergency Department....the Emergency Ward. And they were told by the nurse....No space.

When the nurse tells you no space...there most likely is NO space. Most nurses in charge of A and E do not turn away any patient who comes to them for help. And when there was no space...there most likely was no space.

The problem is that we do not have a good emergency response in this country. Here is how it is done in developed countries. The girl slumps, her fellow students immediately start CPR (which they have learned) and someone calls an ambulance. The ambulance arrives....and the ambulance drivers and paramedics start first aid. Meanwhile...they have an idea of where the nearest hospital with free bed space is....and they rush her there in the ambulance (Or sometimes by helicopter.). On arrival....there is a team of docs and nurses waiting for the patient.

It does not happen in Nigeria. And yes....UPTH is filled up because A and E can get busy(I should know). I have worked in hospitals where A and E is quiet during the day...then all hell breaks loose at night. And unfortunately...patients die because there is no space...or because the Casualty officer and the nurse are overstretched serving several patients.

So, the students should not blame the medical folks here. Instead....blame the lack of planning in our country. Port should have several tertiary level hospitals that are equipped to take care of several patients. The fact they do not is hardly my colleagues fault. And it won't be right to treat the patient on the floor either.

In a hospital....a tertiary hospital....no space means no space. The number of patients there was probably too many. So....unless the students have proof that there was space and the nurse was lying....I see no case of medical negligence. I see a case for better leadership from Abuja though....and for Buhari to appoint a health minister quick quick.

DrObum:

Did the story say that they refused to attend to her or that there was no bed space


NB- there's a limit to what you can do for a patient when the facilities are already fully stretched because Nigeria has sworn not to have functional mobile ambulances and emergency services in government hospitals!

DrObum:
People surprise me in this country, where were the health personnel meant to keep the lady
In their mouths Or can the students prove to us that there were bed spaces and they were denied access to it


Besides, it shouldn't be the students rushing her to UPTH, there's a reason why they have a medical centre in the university. The resuscitation should've started there.

Though it pains me how we lose young and great minds in this country, I think we direct our anger at the wrong quarters!

These same students protesting would gather and cheer a politician that visits their school and forget that the doctors and nurses you're tongue-lashing now can't expand the hospitals, they can't buy extra beds, they wouldn't have rejected the patients that came earlier and filled the bed spaces!

We need to learn to channel our grievances to the right quarters! Instead of protesting in the hospital environment, go to the government house and scatter everything there and get them to truly hear your pain!


RIP Kelechi, it's a pity your life was cut short but you live on in the memories of your loved ones.

bushdoc9919:


Well...yes....but the problem is...first aid is a stop gap.

You do it with the idea that you are going to get help within the hour....and that there is bed space.

And let's be honest.....we still do not know many details about the case....such as what exactly the lady was suffering from.....eg...was she pregnant? Did she have typhoid?....and how long it took for her to get to hospital, and whether she was dead on arrival.

And managing cases on the floor....you cannot do it for all cases....and at any rate...you have to have the staff available to do the needful. Which in this case was not possible.,, because there was no bed space. The Nurses and the docs in A and E were working at full capacity. If the patient had died because the doctor was busy trying to save eight other critical cases...with limited equipment and staff...you people would still complain.

Imanuelle:



She wasn't dead on arrival from every source.

And the distance from her hostel to UPTH is less than an airport's runway, UPTH is closer than the school clinic because there's a link gate from uniport to UPTH.

I still believe the nurses had a lackadaisical attitude, they wouldn't act sane for family.

On prompt, the students would have arranged more than 20 foams that would rise higher than a hospital bed, that's if the nurses were willing to evetry.ry

Bjergtrolde:


Rubbish! Ever heard of triage?
At every stage, you should be able to carry out a quick assessment and decide who is very ill and needs admitting and who can be moved/discharged to create space.

bushdoc9919:


And you would want them to bring in dirty foam that would contaminate the casualty?

Also....hospital bed is not like your student foam. It needs to be a certain thickness so that we can do BLS and ALS properly.

And we still do not know what she was suffering from.

And anyway.....if there was no space....there was no space. You could have forced your way in, and still not gotten properly attended to because the doctor is treating several injuries,and several hypertensive and diabetic emergencies.

Sorry....but unless you have proof there was space....there was no space. Or do you want your patient to have poor attention?

The issue is that we do not have enough properly equipped hospitals in this country.

Imanuelle:



Why are you writing this way?

You mean no student can have a clean bed sheet ?

Well, your mind is made up, but I know that even if the person has to eat dust to get a chance, I'll feed them dust and not just give up.

Bjergtrolde:


Another rubbish response, if they could not keep her , why not transfer her? Why keep her until 50 minutes?

Bjergtrolde:


Rubbish! Ever heard of triage?
At every stage, you should be able to carry out a quick assessment and decide who is very ill and needs admitting and who can be moved/discharged to create space.

Imanuelle:



Why are you writing this way?

You mean no student can have a clean bed sheet ?

Well, your mind is made up, but I know that even if the person has to eat dust to get a chance, I'll feed them dust and not just give up.