According to research, patients undergoing surgery in Africa are more than twice as likely to die following an operation than the global average. The research also showed that globally, an average of 1% of patients die after surgery, but this number rises to 2.1% for patients in Africa.
The most common surgery is caesarean delivery, which accounts for 33% of operations.
A lack of human resources was one of the reasons for this.
This report is not shocking as many Africans already know this or have experienced several tragedies engendered by a lack of adequate healthcare services.
The problem is that Africans are aware of the problem but there is a lack of putting into action feasible solutions. We have all these beautiful and brilliant ideas but when it comes to implementation, it becomes impossible.
It is sad that a few elite has hijacked the resources. It is sad when we see Presidents, for example, the Nigerian President and the elite families travel abroad for medical attention but the poor masses lack adequate access to medical care or facilities. It is sickening to see children die from treatable diseases because of lack of funding.
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