Beware of neighbours who claim to be doctors

Just like any other night , patients kept coming to A and E( Accident and Emergency) for medical attention. Few minutes after, this man rushed in with a baby all covered in a shawl. He kept on shouting is this the children's unit? Where is the doctor? He was accompanied by the mother of the child and some other people.
Here is the rest of  the conversation;
Mr M; Please where is the doctor?
Doctor; What happened to the child? Uncover the child lets see and as well take him to the EPU( Emergency paediatric unit.
Mother; Abeg help me, my baby please don't do this to me
Doctor; Follow me to the EPU. This child is not breathing what happened?  Oga who are you?
Mr M; I am their neighbour but I work in a hospital.
Doctor; As what in the hospital?
Mr M ; I work in the paediatric unit .
Doctor; As what oga? You still haven't answered my question.
Mother; My baby, my baby ( crying at the same time)
Doctor; This child is already dead. Madam why didn't you bring this child to the hospital when he was sick. You had this baby about 7 months ago in our hospital and there was no problem. You decided to be doing home remedies. See what it resulted to.

After series of questions I asked the man that brought the child to the hospital with the mother and other relatives, it was obvious that the man was no medical personnel. He was just an attendant in the hospital where he claims he works in.
These people just tell their unsuspecting neighbours that they are doctors or nurses in the hospital they work in. Of course his neighbours are going to believe him either because he wears white attire to work every day or he just has some medical kits for tests and all that.
It ranges from buying stethoscope, diagnostic kit, first aid box  etc to keep at home just to convince their neighbours. They just learn names of drugs and what they are used for. And then try it on neighbours that patronize them.

Two patients' relatives approached me sometime ago and asked me to teach them doctor's work. lol
I was like are you guys really serious. They answered yes. I told them they have to go through the proper training to become doctors.
That child could have been saved if the mother brought the baby to the hospital on time. Any thing could have killed that child ranging from drug overdose, wrong route of administration of drug, drug-drug reaction etc
please stop falling victim to these people, stop patronizing your neighbours that wear white to work everyday,if the person is not a certified medical doctor please, please, please always bring  your child to the hospital whenever they are sick. They just make you waste more money,time and can even leave in pains. I see a lot of such cases at the hospital on a daily basis.
A word is enough for the wise. Stay healthy guys. Thanks for visiting