07/03/2026
If you come from a family where 5 people cannot raise 1.5M naira in one day…
Please avoid anything that can put you on an emergency theatre table.
Because in this country, emergency surgery is not just medical.
It is financial.
In places like Lagos and many parts of Nigeria, trauma doesn’t wait for bank alerts.
Road traffic accidents.
Stabbings.
Gunshot wounds.
Assault injuries.
They arrive at midnight.
And the first question families ask is not always about prognosis.
It is….
How much?
Emergency laparotomy.
Neurosurgery.
ICU admission.
Bl00d transfusion.
These are life-saving.
But they are expensive.
I have seen relatives make 50 phone calls in one hour.
I have seen mothers remove wrappers and earrings.
I have seen fathers break down quietly in corridors.
Court cases are costly.
But emergency surgery can empty generations.
The lesson is simple…
Live carefully.
Drive carefully.
Choose your fights carefully.
Avoid crime.
Avoid reckless lifestyles.
Because one bad decision can become…
A hospital emergency
A financial collapse
Prevention is cheaper than cure.
And it is far cheaper than emergency surgery.
Sometimes wisdom is not fear.
It is foresight.