30/09/2026
🚨 IS THE PRICE OF A HOSPITAL BED EQUAL TO THE LIFE OF A COMMON MAN?
This is not a story I heard. I witnessed it.
Recently, I took a critically ill patient to Federal Medical Centre, Keffi. The condition was so serious that, in our understanding, the patient needed urgent attention and ICU care.
But we were confronted with words no family wants to hear:
“There is no bed space.”
Imagine watching someone you brought to the hospital fight for their life while you are told there is nowhere to admit them.
Where do you go from there?
What happens to the poor man who cannot afford a private hospital?
Does “no bed space” mean “no chance to live”?
I am not blaming the doctors or nurses. Many of them are working under tremendous pressure.
My question is bigger than one hospital.
What is happening to our healthcare system?
How many ICU beds do we have?
How many critically ill Nigerians need them?
And what happens when all the beds are occupied?
There must be a system for immediate stabilisation, emergency referral and transfer when a hospital has no capacity.
Because when someone is critically ill, time is not waiting for another bed to become available.
Today, it is another person's mother.
Tomorrow, it could be your father.
Next time, it could be you or me.
Healthcare should not become a privilege reserved for those who can afford expensive private treatment.
A hospital bed is not just a bed. In an emergency, it can be the difference between life and death.
So I ask again:
IS THE PRICE OF A HOSPITAL BED EQUAL TO THE LIFE OF A COMMON MAN?
Citizens deserve answers. Patients deserve dignity. And human life deserves priority.
If you believe our healthcare system needs urgent attention, share this message. Let the conversation begin.
I am Solexty