The recent successful campaign for treatment funds to assist Mayowa, a young lady currently battling Ovarian Cancer at LUTH that saw people intervene in such an overwhelming way is far beyond my imagination. I still find it totally amazing that such an amount was raised within 2 days of Solicitation even with the present economic challenges being faced by everyone. I'm deeply touched, wowed, amazed...as in just name it! One would think with the recent happening being circulated by the media portraying us as in humane and heartless is indeed true about us. Thank you Nigerians for showing that love humanity needs to survive.
Then came the shocking revelations by people claiming the whole thing was a scam, that she was suppose to travel to Atlanta not Abu Dhabi, the actress visiting with the police, the supposed video done by the critically ill lady's family to refute the claim and also pictures showing her receiving prayers in preparation for her travel to Abu Dhabi e.t.c.
First, this wouldn't have been in the media if there wasn't any problem, and there are picture evidences that shows the lady is actually sick. To me it couldn't have been a scam; I think the only problem is that there was no accurate communication between the family, the actress and the public.
So many people said why do they have to ask for public fund when they had been told she wouldn't make it but I honestly do not see anything wrong in that, she's still alive and no sane person will leave a family member to die even when the hope of survival is 0.001%. Also why should they believe the doctors that couldn't even see the cancer until it got to stage IV, its just an emotional decision that had to be taken for a loved one.
On the part of the media and all donors, it is also expected of us to want accountability for the money being donated owing to how despicable and manipulative some humans can be, but our demand for accountability should also put into cognizance the sensitive nature of the issue on ground.
In fact my main concern is those hospital that kept tossing her from one end to another and couldn't even diagnose shit until it became so worse OMG! I read that Ovarian cancer is not always detected at the early stage but are there no symptoms and signs to know of the situation? Treating Ulcer instead of cancer is so..so weird. And I just can't fathom that our doctors are still not able to get it right on medical diagnosis of Ovarian cancer.
And why do we always have to travel out to treat these deadly diseases,what is wrong with our health system, what will happen to those that couldn't afford to travel out of this country,what is our government doing to make things better and affordable for the masses.
Deductions that could have prevented all these from playing out includes
- Communication which is very important when dealing with others (Her family should take responsibility for this)
- Transparency is a must to be applied when dealing with public funds (Her family still failed somehow in transparency i.e when did Atlanta in the USA become Abu Dhabi in the UAE )
- Our Reactions should always come only after a critical reasoning and re-reasoning (I think the Actress got it wrong here)
- Fact finding Journalism there has to be enough evidence and facts before breaking a news to the media so as not to cause confusion. Remember the media is the most powerful 21st century weapon the people have got. (LIB and bloggers alike)
My heart continues to go out to you MAYOWA and I pray the lord will give you healing and make you stand on your feet once again. As for we all, may we not experience what she's experiencing right now and may we not see pains that would be far beyond us.
Have a Blessed Friday.
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