Daniel Lewis

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History. Made. The South Greene lacrosse team competed in the first-ever sanctioned lacrosse match in Greene County on Thursday night. Hear from inaugural Head Coach Austin Wallace and how proud he was after a groundbreaking night.

CAN A MALE DOCTOR ATTEND TO A WOMAN IN LABOUR ??? A few years ago, I was on duty in the evening (night call), when this pregnant patient walk in. Labour had started in the afternoon. Both she and her husband came together. However, shortly after their arrival, kasala burst o. The husband was asking where the female doctor was. At the moment, there was no female doctor on duty. He started shouting that his wife deceived him that we have female doctors. Even if we do, did you pay them to be on duty whenever your wife fall in labour? How was anyone to know that your wife would be in labour that day? Anyway, the man became very angry, and screaming out his lungs at his wife The woman was not taking it o. She started her own shout; "You this man, you're very w!cked. Your wife is in labour but all you're concerned with is not having a male doctor attend to her. You want to k!ll me so you'd marry another wife. I'll not go anywhere with you i cannot d!e and leave my children, I'll deliver in this hospital..." No be small thing o. My own concern was that, they should resolve their matter let me know whether to attend to her or not, since I was the doctor on call, who would likely supervise her delivery. And it should be written and signed that no matter what happens, I should not interfere. I communicated this clearly. Eventually, after plenty talk from the MD and the man's wife, he received a little sense and said I can attend to his wife. I ensured I minimised my visit to the labour room. Around 1am, she delivered and sustained cervical tear. I was called to repair it because she was bleeding. We had to lock the labour room while I was there, just incase the dev!l enters him, he then decide to make trouble again. So, before you become choosy on the kind of doctor you want to attend your wife's delivery, find out if the hospital have such capacity. Also note that Nigeria don't have enough doctors to afford you that privileged of deciding who should or should not manage your wife's labour and delivery. There's absolutely nothing wrong with a male doctor attending to a woman in labour. However, some people have biases towards a male doctor conducting or supervising delivery. So, if you're such person, ensure you sort it out with the management before registering your wife for antenatal so you don't end up embarrassing yourself and constituting a nuisance in the hospital.