My husband still proudly takes me out despite being on wheelchair – Akande, teacher with spine injury - Punch Newspapers

Patience Akande, a graduate of Computer Science from the Lagos State University and Federal College of Education , Akoka, tellswhy she is using her experience as a person with a spinal cord injury to give hope to othersI was travelling on the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway. I was in a vehicle and before we knew it, the vehicle had somersaulted and I broke my spinal cord.That was on January 1, 2012. I was returning home from a programme when it happened.

The Lagos State Ambulance Service got to the scene almost immediately and I was taken to the emergency unit around the tollgate area close to Seven Up and I was attended to quickly.They were devastated because most families celebrate the New Year on January 1 but mine had to rush to the hospital to see me. It was an emotional one for them.I was transferred to the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital at Ikeja and later referred to a hospital in India.

When I returned to Nigeria, I had a new orientation. It was in India that I learnt that every treatment given to a patient had to be explained to that patient. If I was to be given an injection, the doctors would tell me how long the drug would work and what I should expect. If I was to be given an oral drug, they would tell me everything. But it is not the same in Nigeria. One cannot just mix an injection and not tell me what to expect. We need to work on our health system.

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