People talk a lot about doctors and hospitals in Gambia. Many stories on the internet tell us about sick people who did not receive good care. This makes many families very sad.
A woman went to a special doctor's office because her toe hurt. She stayed there for three days but never saw a doctor. Her family paid thirty thousand dalasis for nothing. The woman did not feel better at all.
The same woman later went to another doctor's office. They had to cut off her leg, and her family paid seventy thousand dalasis. Two days after she went home, she died. Her family feels very upset because they spent more than one hundred thousand dalasis trying to help her.
Someone found a sick man lying near a big building in Banjul. He stayed there for many days because he could not move. Kind people took him to the hospital, but the doctors worried about who would pay for his care since they did not know his family. The man later died.
People want to know what rules doctors and special medical places must follow. They ask who makes sure these places take good care of sick people. When doctors or nurses do not help people the right way, someone needs to make them fix their mistakes.
The country needs better ways to protect sick people. Doctors and medical facilities should face big problems if they hurt people or do not help them properly. This would make them more careful when they take care of sick people.
Gambia also needs special help for sick people without families. If someone falls in the street, doctors should help them right away, not wait to find out who will pay the bills.
A woman went to a special doctor's office because her toe hurt. She stayed there for three days but never saw a doctor. Her family paid thirty thousand dalasis for nothing. The woman did not feel better at all.
The same woman later went to another doctor's office. They had to cut off her leg, and her family paid seventy thousand dalasis. Two days after she went home, she died. Her family feels very upset because they spent more than one hundred thousand dalasis trying to help her.
Someone found a sick man lying near a big building in Banjul. He stayed there for many days because he could not move. Kind people took him to the hospital, but the doctors worried about who would pay for his care since they did not know his family. The man later died.
People want to know what rules doctors and special medical places must follow. They ask who makes sure these places take good care of sick people. When doctors or nurses do not help people the right way, someone needs to make them fix their mistakes.
The country needs better ways to protect sick people. Doctors and medical facilities should face big problems if they hurt people or do not help them properly. This would make them more careful when they take care of sick people.
Gambia also needs special help for sick people without families. If someone falls in the street, doctors should help them right away, not wait to find out who will pay the bills.
