Our doctors, our leaders, destroyed our health sector!

Health, they say, is wealth. This saying is true! But how seriously have we taken this health issue? It has also been said, how you make your bed is how you lie in it.
How we value a problem determines how we handle it. Our healthcare sector is on the brink of destruction and until the government takes decisive action it will be disastrous. No sick nation can produce healthy citizens.

There was a time when our health sector worked well. Just walk into a hospital and you will see how coordinated they were and how you will be cared for. Private hospitals were not a problem at all, and they were few. Medicines were available, services were provided free of charge, and professionalism was valued. Everyone does their job well. Patriotism was at the forefront, but at some point we lost it.

Apart from the indifferent attitude of the government in the health sector, doctors played a vital role in the destruction of our health sector. Now I know you may think this may be a false accusation, but before you pounce on me, follow me gently. Now if you’ve been going to the hospital, you’ll agree with what I’m going to tell you.

First, the monetary gain took most of them against trying to save humanity. This worm has infiltrated their tissue to the point where they forgot about humanity and are hunting Mammon! Second, they began to divert patients to their private clinics that they started or to the clinics and hospitals of their colleagues, as a result, they pay little or no attention to the public hospitals that the majority of the population can enjoy: Also anything good that the government provides. public hospitals, when convenient, are diverted to their private clinics or hospitals. This has negatively affected public hospitals and we have not recovered since.
The government was not helping things either. The culture of control and inspection died, where it exists, it was not done with sincerity but only with ceremonies. Inspectors generally do it just for their pockets: the infrastructure was left in shambles without any attention; our hospitals now look like rubbish, everywhere smelling of a country that God has blessed and endowed with much more than leadership.

Leaders
The way and the way in which our leaders travel abroad to receive medical check-ups and treatments is a vote of no confidence in our health system; that is supposed to be fixed by them, but shamefully, they abandon all that and pack up our common wealth, I mean, at our expense, they are going to increase the wealth of other nations! What is wrong with? Why should our leaders always go abroad for medical treatment when we have qualified doctors? Assuming those nations did not strive to develop their health sectors to that standard, what would they have done? All they need to do their job effectively is to provide the necessary equipment for the job. But no! They prefer to travel abroad for treatment. Imagine President Donald Trump of the United States going to India for medical treatment! We need to change our attitude towards nation building. No one else will build our nation for us, only in Nigeria do I know that you only renovate and clean your house when you are about to receive an important guest. This need to change: Leaders expect those led to change when they themselves are unwilling to change. A good leader sets an example and followers follow.
In the 2016 budget, N3.87 billion was allocated as a capital allocation in the budget for the State Clinic, which is more than all the federal university hospitals in the country so far; Drug shortages hit the clinic last year. The President traveled to the UK for treatment and, at the time of writing, President Muhammadu Buhari is already in the UK for further treatment. The question is how many people have access to the state house clinic? And compare it to the larger population that can’t even afford ordinary Panadol. According to Vanguard, the president’s chief special advisor on (Media and Publicity), Garba Shehu in a statement explained that the State House Clinic is not the president’s or anyone else’s personal clinic, but one that cares for government officials. government and others. According to him, the increased spending on government health institutions in the current budget should be seen in light of President Buhari’s administration’s plan to improve home medical facilities, as well as discourage citizen medical tourism that impacts negatively on the country’s foreign reserve. These were Garba Shehu’s words ad word for word! But what do we see? Well, I leave it there to judge.
My take on this is that if they sincerely want to improve the government health institution to discourage medical tourism by citizens that negatively impacts the country’s foreign reserve, a concerted effort should have been made to do just that. If that money is being used, it can be done, but until then, Mr. President has devoted himself to medical tourism.
Now you can see why I said our leaders helped destroy our healthcare system! When will we get it right? Why should we budget such huge sums of money and still go abroad for the same purpose? The answer is that, our leaders have passed a vote of no confidence on our healthcare system and, secondly, because they can afford medical tourism, according to Mr. Garba Shehu, not caring if less privileged Nigerians cannot afford it. As such, they have left us to our destiny! Now it is “To your tents, O Israel!” It is a shame! An embarrassment to any leader who allows that to happen during his regime. Leaders must know that God is taking them there for a purpose and that it is an opportunity to serve God’s people. Therefore, when serving, serve well.
In conclusion, it is the obligation of every responsible government to provide social services such as roads, schools, hospitals, medicines, etc. Any government that does not do so is simply irresponsible. This is not intended to punish the government, but rather a wake-up call to wake up to its responsibilities.