The challenges that arise when attempting to provide Western style quality health care and treatment for mentally ill patients in the economically deprived areas of a developing country such as Nigeria have been studied since the early 1960’s. Now, however, Fr. John’s idea of establishing Western style hospital care for the poor, has begun to grow roots among medical professionals with an entrepreneurial bent. This page provides two examples of African physicians who have explored solutions to the problem in their own way.
TED Talk – Without Adequate Medical Facilities
Seyl Oyesola, M.D.
Seyl Oyesola, M.D., was born in Nigeria but spent much of his childhood growing up in Cleveland, Ohio. In 2005, Dr. Oyesola collaborated with Alexander Bushell, to develop high quality – but compact – hospital equipment. He used their invention during his many mission trips to perform heart surgery in Nigeria. But without adequate infrastructure support, he and his medical team encountered many challenges in his efforts to care for his patients – challenges he overcame with ingenuity and perseverance. Here in his TED Talk, are the messages we found most interesting, and supportive of our project. Dr. Oyesola is not part of our organization but we applaud what he and others are doing collaterally to help the poor of Nigeria.
TED Talk – World Class Health Care – Alternative Solution
Ernest Madu, M.D
Ernest Madu, M.D., is a 58 year old cardiologist and Entrepreneur. His specialty is nuclear cardiology. He has successfully focused his energies on providing affordable public healthcare in low-resource nations. His TED Talk explains the urgent need to find alternative solutions to providing healthcare for the poor of Africa, specifically, Nigeria. While Dr. Madu is not directly involved with our organization. The thoughts he expresses in his TED Talk presented here, give further support for our project – we need to build a Western style hospital for the poor in southeastern Nigeria.
