By Peter Dansu A concerned resident and social media user, Mr. Anthony Teddy Avoseh , has openly criticized the management of Badagry Gener...
By Peter Dansu
A concerned resident and social media user, Mr. Anthony Teddy Avoseh, has openly criticized the management of Badagry General Hospital (BGH) over what he described as unprofessional practices in the documentation of laboratory test results and drug prescriptions.
Taking to Facebook to express his displeasure , Mr. Avoseh decried the use of rough sheets and cut pieces of paper—resembling makeshift notes or "primary school noisemakers' lists"—as substitutes for official medical forms and prescription slips.
According to his post, doctors and laboratory scientists at the hospital reportedly hand over handwritten test results and medication prescriptions on scrap paper instead of standard printed forms. This, he argued, reflects poorly on the hospital's management and raises concerns about professionalism and proper recordkeeping in a public health institution.
"So Badagry General Hospital didn't have common official laboratory test slips and a formulary or prescription drugs list (PDL) for their patients?" Mr. Avoseh questioned in his post. "Doctors and lab scientists at BGH have to hand-over pieces of paper or cut drug cartons to patients-something that looks like what a class captain would use to record the noisemakers."
He also narrated a personal ordeal that the hospital's pharmacy could not issue any of the five drugs prescribed for her by the attending doctor.
"Bear in mind that out of the five prescribed, BGH pharmacy couldn't hand over a single drug to my daughter," he added.
Since Mr. Avoseh's remarks have raised the question of whether or not the above-mentioned issues will spark debates among other residents and even universities, copies of his post have been shared by other members of the communal digital forum in Badagry. Some are pushing the Lagos State Ministry of Health to quickly investigate and take action on the points made, per the strategic importance of this health institution to healthcare delivery in Badagry and its environ.
Along the same lines, a certain social media user has also reported common complaints from different citizens about the government-owned hospitals. This was somewhat triggered by one patient who complained that none of the medicines against the prescriptions followed tests done at the hospital was available at the pharmacy. In defense of Dr. Olatunde Bakare, Badagry General Hospital's Medical Director, he said that the institution does not keep unlimited amounts of drugs for all times, but for the most part, the supply runs rather stable.
Badagry General Hospital has not really replied to the claims so far on this report. Efforts to reach the media unit of the hospital for comments were unsuccessful.
Citizens and stakeholders now wait for official action or clarification by the relevant authorities since public trust in the service delivery of the hospital hangs in the balance.
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