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All the way from Lagos Nigeria, we have been recognized for our works in the rural areas by @theyeasummit as one of the Under40s CEOs in Africa.
Before coming here to post this, I had ranted. Ranted to myself, my couch, laptop, television, just about everything and anything that cared to listen. Therefore, I would post calmly and collectedly now. I have unloaded the anger.
Most of my posts that luckily find their way to the rural doctor initiative platform and attract an audience reflect the life styles and activities of the average rural dweller: the conditions they live with and in, the incomparable dystopia they subsist within, the deplorable health system they contend with and the pathetic inexorable hardship that is a way of life for them. On this Christmas, we wish to extend our best wishes to our partners out there who have continually worked and walked with us as we gradually grow our Rural Doctor Initiative.
I planted this tree sometime this year and about a week ago I was anxious when I saw it shedding all its leaves. I thought it was dying off.
But then, I and my Colleague, Onyeka didn't give up. We kept at watering it and hoping it would survive. A major challenge we face in the rural practice is that of patients leaving against medical advice (LAMA).
It is an epidemic soon to grow into massive proportions. Most times patients are brought in acutely ill through the A&E and as soon as intervention is instituted and patients appear a bit stable, their relatives begin to approach the health personnel for discharge! The rural doctor, a non-governmental agency, led by its founder, Dr. Okeme Arome, paid a condolence visit to the Yakubus.
Mr Yakubu, late Raymond's father, lives in a village called Sakiyo, in Jema'a LGA, Southern Kaduna, northwest Nigeria. His home is almost inaccessible by either a car or a bike as the only access footpath is almost effaced by erosion and high growing weed. |
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