“I’m Still Here, But the Doctor in Me Is Dead” – Nigerian Physician Laments Broken Healthcare System

A Nigerian doctor shares a heartbreaking video about how the country’s failing healthcare system has crushed the spirit of many medical professionals. He recalls watching a three-year-old boy slip away simply because his mother couldn’t pay a ₦5,000 oxygen deposit. With a consultant’s knowledge in his head and a beggar’s resources in his hands, he felt powerless as malaria claimed another life. Doctors endure 36-hour shifts, collapse from exhaustion, and study for exams like PLAB and USMLE hoping to leave. Many who make it abroad end up as healthcare assistants, wiping floors just to survive. He looks in the mirror now and sees a man drained of passion. “I’m still here, but the doctor in me died a long time ago,” he says, questioning how much longer he can keep fighting.

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