In my country, if someone has a life threatening injury and cannot cover medical expenses, they will die.
Most of the time, the doctor wants full payment upfront. Infants have bled to death due to the parents' inability to pay. Just last week, an infant had a life threatening injury. The hospital wanted 1 million naira, which is $1,500 USD, before they would even see the baby. The baby succumbed to the injuries and died.
Our government doesn't care. Politicians line their pockets with IMF money and nothing changes. In fact, it's getting worse. Over the years, we begin moving towards privatization, aka, capitalism, which is orchestrated by Western countries including the UK and the US. These same countries will give visas to medical graduates in Africa, taking our brightest medical minds to support their Healthcare systems while ordinary Africans suffer. True, it is our own fault for allowing it. The elections here are rigged, presidential elections are sold to the highest bidder. Most African politicians are puppets of the West. This is why most Africans have given up hope. Most Africans only hope to relocate to UK, France, Germany, US, Ukraine, etc. It is going to take a civil war to change the direction of this country.
Our government doesn't care. Politicians line their pockets with IMF money and nothing changes. In fact, it's getting worse. Over the years, we begin moving towards privatization, aka, capitalism, which is orchestrated by Western countries including the UK and the US. These same countries will give visas to medical graduates in Africa, taking our brightest medical minds to support their Healthcare systems while ordinary Africans suffer. True, it is our own fault for allowing it. The elections here are rigged, presidential elections are sold to the highest bidder. Most African politicians are puppets of the West. This is why most Africans have given up hope. Most Africans only hope to relocate to UK, France, Germany, US, Ukraine, etc. It is going to take a civil war to change the direction of this country.