Physician | Public Health | Digital Health & Healthcare Innovation | Founder, BarnMD | Health Education & Access to Care.
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Interviewer: “…we would like to know if you made your money as a k-i-d-n-a-p-p-e-r, as an a-r-m-e-d robber or any other LAWFUL means…”
Correction: “k-i-d-n-a-p-p-i-n-g AND a-r-m-e-d robbery are not LAWFUL means of MAKING money.
Peter Obi's father was Josephat Obi (also spelled Josphat), a successful Nigerian businessman and trader from Agulu in Anambra State. He owned and operated the popular Ideal Soul Supermarket in Onitsha during the 1950s and 1960s one of the early big supermarkets in the East. He died in 1968 when Peter was about 7 years old.
Now, who is Tinubu’s father?
State a basic fact and a certain group with low self esteem goes straight to knee-jerk accusations: “Misogynist! Predator! Abuser!”
Hilarious how standard data triggers job reports, X complaints, & full crisis mode. When facts feel like an attack, everything looks like a threat.
Feminism was never meant to be a brand for toxic, bad-faith attacks. After endless bad-faith arguments, when they realized there was nothing legitimate to report clinically or professionally, they ran to X support instead. Talk about walking away with egg on their faces.
One second we were dissecting the boundaries of ONLINE debate and performative reporting, and the next we’re staring at a decade's worth of NHS regulatory data on SEXUAL MISCONDUCT. That’s not a pivot; that’s a GRAVITY SHIFT.
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The patient is the one who takes the real credit when we catch an error together and the one who suffers if we don’t.
In practice, the doctor still owns the prescription, and the pharmacist owns the final check. That’s not rivalry; that’s how the safety net is supposed to work. Document the intervention, call the doctor calmly, and protect the patient. Ego can wait.
The rivalry exists, but every time we choose the patient over the profession, it gets a little quieter.
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Check out this article: How My Team And I Were Attacked In Ekiti – Sowore - independent.ng/how-my-team-a…
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As pharmacists, it’s our job to verify if the medications prescribed is for the right patient, at the right dose, right frequency and so on. We check to see if the prescribed dose is safe for the patient or not, we don’t just hand out medications (that’s what most Nigerian doctors think or want us to do). We should just go on and hand out whatever they prescribe without questions.
In the video, the prescriber’s contact is always on prescriptions so that the pharmacist can always reach the doctor. This comes to play when the patient isn’t getting the medication in the hospital, they getting it from a community pharmacy.
Calling a prescriber to verify a prescription is normal practice…
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I pray so Doc. We need to have these discussions so that we shift the minds of all our professionals, especially the older ones. They’re the ones who usually fight against these DIGITAL systems.
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Exactly. 👍🏽
In these facilities, you find that they still use paper and pen for patient records. They only use computers to generate bills and sometimes send prescriptions.
I’d be in the pharmacy and I’ll receive a prescription with no idea what the physician is managing the patient for. I’d have to ask the patient certain questions to be able to know what’s going on. Even with that, it still isn’t enough, we need to know the entire history to be able to do our jobs effectively.
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If a doctor makes a clear prescription error that could harm a patient, and the pharmacist catches it, who takes credit if the patient recovers—and who takes the blame if it goes wrong? Why is the inter-professional rivalry between doctors and pharmacists in Nigeria so fierce?
"Who gets credit" never comes into play in patient management; it carries zero weight for promotions or pay. When cases go to court, senior doctors and consultants are usually the ones standing in the dock for junior team errors. Errors happen; what matters is learning from them.
So the real motive comes out: it wasn't about professional standards, just pure bias against men.
When your entire view is fueled by hostility toward one gender, you lack the objectivity to protect anyone: vulnerable groups included. Dismantling her report is going to be easy.
Big ideas begin with conversations! 🇳🇬
BarnMD.org is exploring a collaboration to develop a Nigeria-specific edition of Community Organizing Participatory Action Research (COPAR).
My pleasure, man. It was not unexpected though. I intentionally made it interesting. Even when you misinterpreted my approach as an insult I help you gain understanding. I feel confident you are now a better person than you were when you engaged my response to your hero. Enjoy!
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Finally you agree you have learnt something from me today. Add prime meridian to your vocab today. And don’t feel bad you lost YOUR FEMINISM battle today. Anyways, I won’t force you to sleep, but you do need to rest, bro. Here is another giveaway I found for your type. Good night
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