In this piece, TOPE OMOGBOLAGUN writes about the pains and the harrowing tales of diabetic patients while they struggle to access medical services from tired and insufficient specialists
He stated, “This has always been the practice every clinic day. I just cancel every other thing I need to do to be here. This is 10am, and the doctor has not attended to me. The crowd is usually like this every clinic day. I have been using this clinic for over 10 years now and I have to deal with this.
She said, “I couldn’t afford the cost in private hospitals, so I continued treatment with the government hospitals in Gbagada and since then it’s been from one appointment to another. It’s been a tough journey. I leave my house in Ijeshatedo, Surulere, around 5am just to be at the clinic early. The stress we go through on clinic days is just too much. And most times they fix a day in three months.”Getting access to healthcare service has been a major challenge for diabetics.
The frustration of Mrs Sayo Adebisi, a mother of three whose 11-year-old daughter has been battling with diabetes for over two years, was palpable. The agitated mother said she had to abandon her business, the same way her daughter skipped school on every clinic day. Mrs Gladys Oghenekevwe also lamented that she was exhausted from the clinic stress. She said she came from Mowe in Ogun State to receive treatment at LASUTH. Like others, she woke up early to come around to receive treatment.
He said, “By the time, I realised that I was taking too much alcohol, it was late. I had come down with the disease. I realised my legs were unusually swollen. I began to feel weak unnecessarily. One day, I began to feel a kind of uneasiness and heaviness while at the office, I then started to feel like I was just going to burst open, so I took permission to leave the office and went to the hospital.
The President, Endocrine and Metabolism Society of Nigeria, Prof. Olufemi Fasanmade, said the burden of diabetes mellitus in Nigeria was increasing steadily, noting that sufferers spent between N20,000 and N150, 000 monthly to stay healthy. He said, “I don‘t strictly abide by the dietician recommendations; I also use my brain. What I eat in abundance now are the unripe plantain and vegetables, because we are in their season and they are relatively affordable. If I am to maintain the prescribed diet strictly, how do I take care of my family? I still have to buy drugs and other prescriptions. There are times, I’d come back to the clinic and they would change my drugs entirely.
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