Even some philosophers will agree with the sentiment that charity begins at home. In that spirit, some arguments in this thread are that obtaining local treatment in Nigeria saves precious foreign exchange which is increasingly in short supply these days, and that the spending of such money/ medical expenses should be curtailed in the national interest. Putting your life on the line, for the Naija nation's economic interest ( Jesus already having died for their sins, another factor being that "All sickness is of the devil")
These question may be naive or based on inaccuracies so please correct and adjust them as necessary.
1. That in the past in Nigeria, some people have been making trips abroad in the name of obtaining medical treatment when in fact the purpose has been other than medical (treatment). But surely there is freedom to travel abroad for whatever purposes, and even to choose one's own preferred doctor and not unnecessarily and knowingly put one's life in danger...
2. That it is not the government's intention to stop people who have the means of seeking the best possible medical treatment abroad, from doing so to save their own precious skin/life…
3. That when President Buhari declared that he would put an end to "medical tourism" (as part of an austerity measure for government employees?) he did not necessarily (logically or legally or feasibly - by decree?) mean that he would put a stop to it from Day One of his presidency.
4. A hypothetical question : Let us suppose that one of our many Nigerian professors on a home visit to Nigeria falls seriously ill and has the option of receiving local specialist treatment or the state of the art treatment in Poland or the United Kingdom – should the option not be available to him to travel abroad or must he - by presidential decree wax nationalistic and put all his trust in God and not God's best doctors/ treatment that money can buy?
If it all boils down to freedom of choice then Nigeria's medical standards hav
On Monday, 6 June 2016 00:59:06 UTC+2, Ibrahim Abdullah wrote:
It took you a year to realise that Buhari could something else? Welcome aboard!
Ib
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> I don't want to talk about a sick president when he needs our prayer but about the health system of a country as big as Nigeria that cannot handle this, even if it involves surgery.
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> First, it is laughable that enormous expenses have to be devoted to an ear infection.
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> Second, it shows the level of developmental degeneracy.
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> Third, it shows the degree to which ordinary citizens are short-changed.
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> Unless of course there is more to it than an ear infection, this is an embarrassment.
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