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It’s annoying how majority of people are quick to berate the health care workers who couldn’t respond adequately due to a lack of available PPE’s. Several health care workers have died from these diseases of high virulence and unfortunately more would still pay the ultimate price. Take Lassa fever for instance, Dr Philip Dzuana is the 6th doctor to have died so far having contracted lassa while managing a patient (I’m not sure there was even a thread to make salutations to him); not like that would change much anyways but if he was adequately protected perhaps he could have been alive today. What do you expect to happen to the nearly non existent health care system when you start losing its workers if not chaos ? Like someone suggested maybe the health care workers should just leave the hospitals for some of you to work in, afterall what do they know ?

Your problem is the government who couldn’t provide and not the health care workers who chose not to risk it.

Painfully, this beautiful mother of 4 had to die, may her soul rest on.

I want them to stop cashing out from the Covid 19 pandemic

Almost all health workers are in it for the money in Nigeria and not to serve mankind. Most Nigerians simply don't have good experiences with Nigerian public health workers. It's like inviting good comments about the Nigerian police, it will be extremely scanty because although a few good Nigerian policemen exists most are bad. And yes I think they should leave the job so that better humans could be recruited.

They can not be pleased no matter how much u try. Some people enjoy talking blindly . Just amuse yourself with their folly and do your job.
Hypocrites that have never read a letter of ethics would be mentioning Hippocratic oath.
Greedy people that make a living out of illegalities want to shame those making an honest living out of saving lives.
What have the noise makers done for the loved ones of health workers that have suffer preventable untimely death?
God bless all health workers out there.Protect yourself even if your employer won't.

thiagoteres:
They can not be pleased no matter how much u try. Some people enjoy talking blindly . Just amuse yourself with their folly and do your job.
Hypocrites that have never read a letter of ethics would be mentioning Hippocratic oath.
Greedy people that make a living out of illegalities want to shame those making an honest living out of saving lives.
What have the noise makers done for the loved ones of health workers that have suffer preventable untimely death?
God bless all health workers out there.Protect yourself even if your employer won't.

What are you going on about, which how much they try are you talking about . Are you even Nigerian and on the ground. The fact of the matter is in Nigeria people are doing jobs not suited to them because of money and lack of job opportunities. You find people who are apathetic to injustice doing police work, unpatriotic soldering and medical staff unsympathetic to human suffering. The medics here are always on strike for the most trivial of reasons risking people's lives despite being disproportionately paid more than the other workers. They should be pruned to allow better suited people in to do the job. If you want undue praises then hire praise singers.

Babalegba:
What are you going on about, which how much they try are you talking about . Are you even Nigerian and on the ground. The fact of the matter is in Nigeria people are doing jobs not suited to them because of money and lack of job opportunities. You find people who are apathetic to injustice doing police work, unpatriotic soldering and medical staff unsympathetic to human suffering. The medics here are always on strike for the most trivial of reasons risking people's lives despite being disproportionately paid more than the other workers. They should be pruned to allow better suited people in to do the job. If you want undue praises then hire praise singers.

My initial message was for health workers and if you are one it won't be difficult for you to understand.
If you have never worked as a hcw in a public hospital, it would be nearly impossible for you to see things from their perspective. So listen objectively when they cry out and don't let social media rants cloud your judgement. Alternatively, volunteer for a month in any government hospital close to you ,then come back and share your experience.
Can't believe u think 5k is proportionate pay for level of risk hcw get exposed to even before this pandemic?
Health care delivery is a service that is paid for and no amount of emotional blackmail can change that. You are free to render your service free and pay your bills with thank you(That's if u even get one sef)
Is it ok to ask a delivery person to drive a faulty vehicle, or a construction engineer to work without personal protection, or any office worker to work in a burning building ?
Why must it be fine for hcw to work without basic protection ?
If you don't value their lives , I am sure their loved ones want them back home alive.

thiagoteres:
My initial message was for health workers and if you are one it won't be difficult for you to understand.
If you have never worked as a hcw in a public hospital, it would be nearly impossible for you to see things from their perspective. So listen objectively when they cry out and don't let social media rants cloud your judgement. Alternatively, volunteer for a month in any government hospital close to you ,then come back and share your experience.
Can't believe u think 5k is proportionate pay for level of risk hcw get exposed to even before this pandemic?
Health care delivery is a service that is paid for and no amount of emotional blackmail can change that. You are free to render your service free and pay your bills with thank you(That's if u even get one sef)
Is it ok to ask a delivery person to drive a faulty vehicle, or a construction engineer to work without personal protection, or any office worker to work in a burning building ?
Why must it be fine for hcw to work without basic protection ?
If you don't value their lives , I am sure their loved ones want them back home alive.

Dearth of PPE has not prevented British nurses and doctors from treating COVID 19 patients, they complain about it but roll up their sleeves and do their jobs of ameliorating human suffering. I don't need to work in an hospital to know that Nigerians are generally wicked, callous and uncaring, medical personnel included. A bad worker would always blame equipment. There are some good Nigerian health workers, doctor Philip Dzuana mentioned in the original post was likely one. Every segment of human economic activity with it's attendant hazards satisfies a physical or mental need . A driver is not paid disproportionately in Nigeria but the blackmailing health care workers are, even though drivers also risk death in their jobs. I lived in Britain for more than twenty years so I'm no stranger to volunteer work and should the need arise I would gladly volunteer in Abeokuta. However all sectors on the Nigerian landscape are bad.