The LIB reader who sent this wants me to post it exactly the way she wrote it.
"What happened today, 6th of january, 2015 shows what Nigeria has become
today. The average man in Nigeria is helpless ( I write this with all sincerity of
heart)
Today an epileptic man was lying helplessly on the side of the road vibrating and
lying faced down. People drove by, walked by and no one seemed to care and
because of the epidemic virus- ebola no one wanted to touch him and that is
very understandable.
We were 5 or 6 of us so who cared.
what did we do? We called for an ambulance three
different times and were we told “IT WASNT AN EMERGENCY”. Then we called the
ebola line maybe they would handle the situation with more efficiency.
UNFORTUNATELY the person who picked the call heard the story and cut off the
call...imagine that! So we didn’t bother to call for help again!
So we hoped that the epilepsy would calm down, but unfortunately it became worse
and due to that he ended up falling in the gutter (which was full of stale water), he
could have lost his life. So 2 men were able to bring him out and then we got a doctor
who lived nearby to come help us .. HOURS went by and FINALLY! He came back! He
remembered his name & was able to speak………
At the end of the day, he got come money for transport, a change of cloths and
definitely some advice from the doctor! I’m so grateful he didn’t have to lose his life.
If the roads was tarred his asthma wouldn’t have been at the extreme. If the gutter
was properly drained, He wouldn’t have drowned. If we had reliable health care
services in this country he would have gotten better treatment and probably not have
gotten that epileptic attack. If we had an effective ambulance system and if the
ebola line was effective too he would have been in the hospital getting better
treatment. If we weren’t caring enough to help him! Who knows??? He could have
lost his life.
Nigeria needs a turnaround before its too late!!!
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