Healthcare personnel are sometimes seen by average Nigerians as unkind and uncaring. But behind the stereotype lies a crop of workers who go above and beyond the call of duty to save the lives of their patients. Martins Ifijeh examines and celebrates such unsung heroes in Lagos University Teaching Hospital
In a country where healthcare personnel are often seen as the most unkind set of workforce in Nigeria, hardly is the humanity served by this crop of workers noticed because of the stereotype already existing in the minds of patients.
To many, these healthcare personnel are seen as those responsible for several complications occurring in hospitals; they give injections ‘without minding’ how painful the piercing discomforts the patients; they do diagnosis and then declare the patient only has three months to live; they do a test and tell you cancer…
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