Erm! After reading both sides, all I can sayis nawa o!
E go hard now to get new hospitals. As aa friend say she see 5,300 in chicago I no even bother to ask her d name for posting purposes.
The people Wen de pay for ad, why dem de fear na?! If them cheap we go come!

Hi all, i know I read somewhere that it's cheaper to book baby's ticket from naij. How do I go about this? I sent someone to British airways office in Lagos and it's like N60k plus. Which comes to about the same thing when I call them over the phone from here. Please help a mama who has not slept more than 2 hrs at a stretch in over a week

Hey oyin thanks. How are you and d baby doibg . Kisses to her

0yin:


Pls go and 'open' it in ur country

[quote author=firsttymum post=39330493]So I just tried to purchase something with my naira card online I cldnt... What are ur suggestions pls. Aside withdrawing and depositing in my American card. I know on amazon it's not an issue but these American stores en...

Some sites would not accept our cards because it is Issued in Naija u may have to use your American card or a visa card if you have one, Visa card is more widely accepted. Best of luck.

[quote author=shanaka29 post=39330769]

Very poor management of my situation here oooo . I had an emergency few days ago and had to use a big part of my money.
Now i was hoping my last salary would pass before travel day but that's unlikely now.

Don't stress yourself,your question is not a Yes or No kinda answer,cos diff sscenerios have been sighted on this forum, convert part of the money in your account to dollars and make sure you have minimum of 4k, just in case you come across an officer at POE who want you to prove your solvency,go along with your statement and your budget sheet which must be calculated in naira and converted to dollars (excel sheet) to show that d balance in ur account is more than enof for ur trip, A lady arrived at Almighty houston with a few dollars in cash but has much more in her account. Best of luck.

Gud morn pple...

Me and my wahala Sha, make una no vex ooo @ justwise and Co. Promise not to mention hospital again..

Got a very gud deal in California where the cost of everything including doctors fee is less than 5000...

Mummies considering California should PM me. I hope am not violating a rule here again ooo.

MayMaj:
Gud morn pple...

Me and my wahala Sha, make una no vex ooo @ justwise and Co. Promise not to mention hospital again..

Got a very gud deal in California where the cost of everything including doctors fee is less than 5000...

Mummies considering California should PM me. I hope am not violating a rule here again ooo.

No you are not, (abi Justwise) just the ready to answer lots of PMs.... see you are turning to a guru , Knowledge is power. Good work MayMaj. Best of Luck.

[quote author=ayanuke post=39335579][/quote]

Visa card didn't agree o.
I tired my master card and it worked. Used where I'm staying as billing address and it worked

MayMaj:
Gud morn pple...

Me and my wahala Sha, make una no vex ooo @ justwise and Co. Promise not to mention hospital again..

Got a very gud deal in California where the cost of everything including doctors fee is less than 5000...

Mummies considering California should PM me. I hope am not violating a rule here again ooo.

Agents will still pm and to be honest it's exhausting responding to pms not to talk about coming to check first who they are on the thread

The name of the thread is costs and procedures not pm & advertise

If not that someone uncovered doctoresperati and shared on this thread, they won't even know there is a thread like this, talk less of advertising on this thread. Same as soulcare, pampered stay and the rest of them.

Yes, some have been abused such as mihs and even dr Zimmerman (which I personally uncovered) but it helped a lot of people at that time. Same way someone uncovering dr A is helping decongest dr F


But it's all good, it's those behind I feel sorry for. I'm about to birth my last child. Sips tea dey watch like Kermit

MayMaj:
Gud morn pple...

Me and my wahala Sha, make una no vex ooo @ justwise and Co. Promise not to mention hospital again..

Got a very gud deal in California where the cost of everything including doctors fee is less than 5000...

Mummies considering California should PM me. I hope am not violating a rule here again ooo.

@MayMaj i wasn't born yesterday and i have moderated this particular thread since 2011 and can read in-between the lines

shawlar:




chai.. I got both (mother & child's) bill from them by post after like 2weeks and I paid both online but I'm yet to get zero balance. Let me fire off a mail to the jennifer torres sef.. However, I didn't get any bill from the anesthesiologists oh. I called them like 3/4 times but they said my wife's name/details was not in their system. Anyone with the same experience..??

Call Yolanda Salazer 713 458 4354. She received my payment and sent zero balance.

For oakbend zero balance, send a request email to Alice Castro acastro@obmc.org

justwise:


@MayMaj i wasn't born yesterday and i have moderated this particular thread since 2011 and can read in-between the lines

Ghen Ghen, Uchetobi, pls pass me the lipton na!

nefertitiram:


Ghen Ghen, Uchetobi, pls pass me the lipton na!

Haba justwise... I meant no harm, cool down pls.

shawlar:
I think I also understand how difficult the job is for @justwise but he should also consider how restrictive its becoming for peeps to post on this forum. If we can't post ordinary doc/hospital details and cost here for comparison, then how are we helping others... very soon even poe & visa interviews will be off-limit. (as soon as poe's & individual consulates start advertising )
@justwise; remember that advertisers are coming for this page becos of the number of visits/page views it gets and people would stop visiting if there is no more information for them to gain here or to share thereby also affecting the advertising....

..and they will stop advertising when they see that other hospitals are enjoying free ad here and nobody bothered to click on their own ad. Those who finally started paying to place an ad here were once enjoying free in-thread here, some have IDs here at the beginning, some used members here to promote their hospitals promising them discounts.Its two ways relationship and i'm trying to strike that balance.

nefertitiram:

In the light of the below post, JW just made a lot of sense, because I was wondering the rationale behind deleting hosp names. The MIHS and the Mobap effect are typical examples, and hiding the hosp name is for the benefit of us all in the long run.
Agents are busy advertising for specific docs n hosps, agents r lurking around here on ghostmode waiting for people to discover fresh deals only to pounce on them and frustrate it for everyone else when the hosps are tired of hearing from us. Infact, lurkers have began to make this thread a bad place to drop info, and JW in his wisdom has found a way around it. Thanks Bros, good job!

Here's the thing, like mama MayMaj that found a good NJ price, instead of dropping the name of the hosp, she can drop the quotes and interested people can PM her for specific It is now her prerogative to decide who to respond to or not, as some of these agents may pose as patients seeking this info, but at least, it will reduce the rate at which 9ja patients r bounced from embassy and US hospitals.

Hosps that want 9ja patients should pay for advert. Shikena!

For the first time, I'm supporting JW, Hehehe

Has that not happened already here? She insulted me and deactivated her account when u exposed her

firsttymum:


Visa card didn't agree o.
I tired my master card and it worked. Used where I'm staying as billing address and it worked

Wait oh.... You used an American billing address with a naija-bank card and it worked...?? Just like @bbaby84 said..?? and d addy is not the one u used to open d acct/card initially..??
wow! If you use a wrong billing addy with an American bank card, d transaction wont be authorised... - even wrong phone number sef..
chai - These our naija banks sha

justwise:
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..and they will stop advertising when they see that other hospitals are enjoying free ad here and nobody bothered to click on their own ad. Those who finally started paying to place an ad here were once enjoying free in-thread here, some have IDs here at the beginning, some used members here to promote their hospitals promising them discounts.Its two ways relationship and[b] i'm trying to strike that balance[/b].

Pele.. Thats why I said I understand how difficult it is; striking that balance is a major juggling act...

feddy27:


Call Yolanda Salazer 713 458 4354. She received my payment and sent zero balance.

For oakbend zero balance, send a request email to Alice Castro acastro@obmc.org

I have already received zero balance from oakbend. Its the anesthesiologist peeps I'm talking about. I've talked to yolanda several times but still no bill from them

firsttymum:


Visa card didn't agree o.
I tired my master card and it worked. Used where I'm staying as billing address and it worked

Oh I dont have any naija issued visa card but I know DH always says to always opt for naira Mastercard when opening a new acc. The visa I used is my Santander UK but I used my normal billing address in the uk for that.
Glad that worked out for you.

Have a lovely Sunday all.

With these new set of rules; it will be difficult to discover new and better deals. Seems we are heading to the era where only Visa and POE stories can be posted... @ Justwise will be good if you change the heading of the thread 3 since costs and hospital/Doctor reviews can no longer be posted... and update the rules to reflect changes in what can be posted.
OR
@Justwise Is it possible to state areas where cost, hospital / Doctor reviews shouldnt be posted based on adverts you get instead of a blanket rule?

LadyGuinivere:
Erm! After reading both sides, all I can sayis nawa o!
E go hard now to get new hospitals. As aa friend say she see 5,300 in chicago I no even bother to ask her d name for posting purposes.
The people Wen de pay for ad, why dem de fear na?! If them cheap we go come!

firsttymum:


Visa card didn't agree o.
I tired my master card and it worked. Used where I'm staying as billing address and it worked

Okay then, glad it all worked out for you.

olokings:
Seconded. ....
U sound like a professional negotiator. ...

Abi naw. Afterall there are very few of such ads. Why restrict a whole lot of vital info cos of them?

Phema:


Abi naw. Afterall there are very few of such ads. Why restrict a whole lot of vital info cos of them?

Apart from doctoresparati me I no dey see any other hospital adverts o, abi I no dey shine my eye well well

Uchetobi; I'm totally with you on this one. This policy nullifies the essence of this thread. I think the admin should find a way around these paid ads without shutting out vital in-thread info.

In-thread ads should be discouraged as it isn't fair on the paid ones, but not an innocent vital info by someone just trying to help. I'm sure JW can tell the difference and can sniff out the in-thread ads from afar and either hide or ban them.

I disagree with the story of hospitals shutting out Naija patients cos their names were mentioned here. Affordable doctors and hospitals get referrals from everywhere and not just Nairaland. As for agents getting info from here; that also doesn't hold any water as they can easily PM any poster as 'fellow preggers', get any info they want and 'sell' it. This policy will even make it easier for them as the info is not easily circulated anymore and they get to keep it secret and make a fortune.

I honestly miss the part 1 of this thread. Every post had a meaning. People researched about hospitals and shared the info freely for others to benefit. Now, all we have is "Dr A, Dr F, Dr Z". Nothing new as any fresh info is hidden. What happens when these well known Drs get tired of Naija patients? Where will the upcoming mamas go? Oh, the hospital/s with paid ads?

I rest my case on this matter.

Congrats to all the new mamas and papas, successful POE and VO stories!
Let me share my story (not what I expected but a good one all the same) cos of great people on this thread; ejisky, nwunyebuka and MOST especially firsttymum and lollyberry (who prayed with me for an early appointment date). Lol!
Remember the lady that was in desperate need of an earlier appointment date than the one available which was for 14th of October? I'm she. Little did I know that was the day God destined for me to birth my LO.
FF to lollyberry helping me with a contact to get an earlier appointment date and my doctor saying I should take it easy and placing me on antihypertensives cos my BP was rising. Prayed about this US waka and decided to forfeit till 2nd missionary in order to avoid stories that really touch both the heart and pocket. Lol!
Long story short, I had my LO on the 14th thru an unscheduled CS (on my antenatal day oh) cos of a BP of 210/110 that "skyrocketed" from 150/80 in less than a day!
I just bless God for life and good health!
I wish all expectant mums (and dads) successfull POEs and safe delivery!
Sorry for the long post.
Thanks once again @ olokings, firsttymum, lollyberry, ejisky and everyone.

jayjay4lyf:
Apart from doctoresparati me I no dey see any other hospital adverts o, abi I no dey shine my eye well well

Me too ooo.

Cos of one hospital in one small city close to border. . . Hian.

firsttymum:
Bbaby84 it worked.. It worked
Yeepee... Thanks

Glad you got it sorted. I could only shop on Amazon with my Naija naira card.

Congratulations duchessgoddess!! Thank God for life and good health. Kisses to your LO.

Phema:
Congratulations duchessgoddess!! Thank God for life and good health. Kisses to your LO.

Thanks so much dear.

duchessgoddess:

Remember the lady that was in desperate need of an earlier appointment date than the one available which was for 14th of October? I'm she. Little did I know that was the day God destined for me to birth my LO.

Congrats Duchess. God bless you and all yours

So the name of the thread should be changed to give birth in the US, Interview nd POE.

The essence of this thread is to get guidance on affordable health care. One may not like the advertised hospitals.
If there's no competition, monopoly sets in.
@JW mbok mae una go back drawing board re-reason this matter. Na we go suffer hardship o!

Finally. E be like say na winding down proceedings this thread de.