have always marveled at the state of ruin the Nigerian Health System has fallen to. I cannot claim first hand knowledge - at least not in the last twelve years - but I do avidly monitor news articles about the goings on in Nigerian hospitals and indeed Nigeria as a whole. And having trained and practiced in Lagos University teaching Hospital (LUTH), I do have a baseline for comparison.
With the nation now focused on the up-coming elections, an eye-opener to the state of our health system is the fact that two prominent citizens - have recently been flown abroad for medical attention:
- The First Lady, Dame Patience Jonathan, and
- Senator Bola Ahmed Tinubu