So Obstetrics and Gynaecology posting is done. There are so many things I didn’t get to write about. Like the theatre theatrics; the endless waiting for the procedures to begin, the anesthetist dramas, the banters, the noise, the food. Then there is the fact that Hausa was almost the official language in this hospital, I got left...
So obstetrics and gynaecology posting is gradually winding down, and it’s been a very eventful three months. I met you because I started this blog, I started a new youtube channel, I failed to secure a new accommodation, I had many sleepless nights and days from very frequent calls, these are highlights I can remember right...
There was nothing typical about my last call. First, I entered the call room and saw the bed neatly dressed in a new beautiful blue and white bedsheet. I smiled, but I didn’t know that was a good omen intimating me of the fact that I would sleep through the entire night without my phone ringing...
When was the last time you slept with one eye open? For me, it was three days ago. Three days ago, I was on call and a woman who had just given birth had pushed against a partially dilated cervix and sustained an extensive cervical laceration. Though the laceration was sutured in the labour ward, at the...
It’s a weekend call, rounds are done, a woman in labour is progressing well, everywhere else is quiet and I’m chilling in the call room. The next thing I get a call from the house officer telling me the fetal heart rate is dropping. Last week’s intrauterine fetal death is still fresh in my mind,...
