How really Re-branded Are Our Public Hospitals?

A lot has been said about the 're-branding' of most Nigerian public sectors and facilities, Politicians especially use this slogan to canvass for votes.

Tune in to any local channel, and all you see are pictures of 're-branded' schools, railways, markets and hospitals.

Roving Informant went about town this week to see how really re-branded most of these claims are.

A visit to the Lagos Island General Hospital showed that peharps, a lot more needs to be done, for the re-branding claims to be visible. 

Part view of the Lagos Island General hospital

Rightly, the buildings housing the various departments wore new looks, as doctors, nurses, and auxiliary staff were seen busying themselves with one emergency case or the other. Quite impressive one must commend. But that impression was short lived as we rovered into the casualty hall, only to see large number of patients wait for hours, just to be attended to by the casualty officer. 

The doctor was on ground quite alright, but obviously had her hands full with patients to be attended to, and it appeared she was the only one on duty for that particularly task.....considering the number of cases brought into the hospital on daily basis, we wondered why they should all be left at the mercy of just one individual; where-as qualified medical professionals are all over the place, looking for employment.. why lay that magnitude of burden on the shoulders of just one individual???

Our next port of call was the scan center at the Island Maternity...just like the General Hospital, the building appeared re-painted, with some state of the art facilities here and there...

but, it appeared for one to get a scan, patience should be your watch word....no matter the urgency.

On closer look, it was revealed that there is only one scanning machine and operator for the large number of women, and men who visit the scan center on a daily basis. 

Compared to what is obtained in the more advanced societies which we tend to emulate.....this is a far cry....We can do better than this!!!

Abii our own definition of 'Re-Branding' dey different??

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