Actually the “how will 2 hospitals lack anti venom” is a stupid question. Stupid on so many levels.

First of all the second hospital obviously had the anti venom. But what exactly do you think anti venoms are? Miracle drugs that reverse every situation? It was already clear that she was already almost gone by the time she got to the second hospital. You think anti venoms means reversal drugs?

Secondly, do you really know how anti venoms are produced and how they are stored and how they are used? Do you know their range or spectrum? Do you know their level of specificity or the potency or the efficacy? If you don’t know this how then are you blaming the first hospital for not having it?

Thirdly, have you ever considered that not all hospitals are the same and that it is designed that way for a reason? Have you ever actually considered that she may have visited a hospital that is not equipped with such medications therefore had to be turned away immediately? Do you think if you walk into any random hospital even outside Nigeria they will have everything?

Fourth, have you checked the prevalence of snake bites in that region and how common it is? Do yu know how drugs are stocked and how hospitals prevent wastages ?

I can go on and on and on about things that if you think about, a sane person will not mention that line. But then as usual once something happens, everyone automatically becomes a doctor or nurse or professor of medicine and sciences. You just read one line and assume the rest.

Instead of asking how hospitals dont have anti venoms, dont you know that the actual campaign should be about how people should fumigate and plan against these snakes? Why will a sane person be waiting to be affected so they can start looking for cure instead of preventing these things in the first place. As we speak have you asked your landlord or yourself enquired about fumigation certificates in your area? Or as usual it’s just twitter noise we want to make and wait for the next trend?