Zicsaloma, the Nigerian skit maker, has expressed outrage
over the alleged “unfair treatment” of his mother at the Lagos University
Teaching Hospital (LUTH).
In a recent Instagram video, the content creator accused the
hospital of abandoning his mother, who is battling cancer and undergoing
chemotherapy.
Zicsaloma revealed that his mother developed severe
complications, prompting the family to rush her back to the hospital for urgent
care.
He alleged that upon arrival, the medical staff refused to admit her, leaving her stranded at the hospital gate despite her critical condition.
The skit maker explained that his mother, weakened by
chemotherapy, was in a dire state when they took her to a hospital on Orchid
Road.
He disclosed that the facility directed them back to LUTH,
where she had initially received treatment.
He further alleged that when a doctor was called to assess
her condition, the medical professional simply walked away without offering
assistance.
“Our medical team, the doctors of Nigeria, are terrible. You
can not believe that my mum, who was diagnosed with cancer, who is undergoing
chemotherapy and reacting to it, is at the point of death,” he said.
“We stay on the Island. We rushed her to a hospital in
Orchid Road, they now said, no, we have to take her back to LUTH, where she
took her first chemotherapy shot. Now, we have to take her there. If not, she
might not make it.
“If you see my mum, she is a skeleton of herself. She might
not make it. They gave us a note.
“Do you know when we took my mum to LUTH the hospital
refused to let her in? They now pointed us to a test centre beside LUTH, where
we should go and do it. We now took the result back to the hospital. They
refused to let my mum in.
“They locked us outside the gate. They locked my mum and my
younger sister, and somebody else I sent to escort them.
“She cannot even stand. I literally backed my mum. I was the
one who took her to the Orchid Road hospital. She’s almost lifeless. But these
guys are so unsympathetic.
“They say it’s only a doctor that can permit them to open
the gate. Imagine leaving a critical patient outside the hospital.
“After the result came out after three hours the doctor
said, ‘no, she has to stay outside’. I said, okay, can you go and see my mum to
know, so that you will see, maybe you will have pity. This guy literally walked
out.”
Zicsaloma, born Aloma Isaac Junior, also criticised the
“lack of urgency and compassion in Nigeria’s healthcare system”.
“And sometimes, when we make content about how nonchalant
doctors are, how unsympathetic some doctors, you guys will think we are lying,”
he added.
“If somebody is ill in this country, the person can just
die. You are seeing a lifeless woman. That cannot stand.
“These hospitals, they need to be checked.”
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