Having electricity has become very important and where I’m we expect the lights to go out as soon as a strong wind passes, its frustrating because we have to start looking for torches and putting water in flasks. Generators are a good backup but its still a problem with the power company

This post struck me as soon as I saw it. I quickly looked at the name of the person to see if he/she was African or better still Nigerian. I say this because it is a common situation in Nigeria. We are so used to it, we are in a country where we generate practically everything, from water, to light, etc. During situations like this, we hold dearly to our phones which have been charged and catch up with posts, friends etc. I never like it when we do not have light, it is always so quiet and frustrating, coupled with the heat wave in our country. I’m the type that will always put on the tv when there’s light just for the noise even when no one is watching. I love the noise and the feeling of activity around me.
Don’t worry, yours didn’t last for that long, just a day. Ours could go on for days with the electrical company still coming up with outrageous bills at the end of the month. We are all so used to it, the noise of the generating sets are overwhelming, but it generates electricity is all that matters. God help us.

I always loved when the lights went out, but that was when I was a kid but now it’s really impossible if there is no electricity. I know once we had delayed the bill payment and they had our services discontinued for the whole day, as we were not at home they straight away removed the meter. We made it back home late in the night and to our horror no lights we had to spend the whole night on candles till the next day the bill was paid and the meter back on its place. But you have made the best of what was to be done in the spare time. Instead I would have kept on moaning and crying till the electricity resumed. We also do have the same issues and that to on regular basis because the place we stay is still into development and there are frequent lights out for expanding the generators.

good for you there its amazing that you thought about
sometimes if you are in a situation you will blinded by the emotions and that makes you see negativity. so sometime it is really hard to do that, but if you tought your self to do so often then you will do it all the time , for sure. good for you and thanks for tellling us aobut it

Time is really a great teacher. When we were young, we do not care about anything and everything, but as time passes, we mature and then we learn a lot in life. We learn to value relationships, we learn to hope for a bright future, we hope for a better life when we became so old and retire. By then we wish that time would be longer for us, to have longer life on earth. We wish for more time!

No doubt I am not aware of the full story it is a refreshing change to see a series here for the first time in the blogs section. I am sure there is an audience which is waiting for this and would like to connect with plot and the narrative. It needs one to be quite imaginative if one has to right something like this. Best wishes for your future episodes too.

Well I believe that while the Healthcare in countries of Scandinavia- Denmark, Sweden etc is very good and due to lesser population, its fully Government funded, well maintained and affordable.
Yet in US, UK etc, its costly but still accessible.

As for India, it is accessible for those with deep pockets, but still it hurts.
For Middle class- a big disease means, years of hard work and saved money gone for a six.
For rest- well it is a miserable state to be in.
Govt. hospitals and clinics are mostly pathetic, and if someone falls seriously ill, its only a Godly intervention that can save them.

And many countries are even worse than India, some have almost non-existent healthcare.

What we need is more citizen-to-citizens and NGOs to NGOs collaboration across the globe.
And Governments must be made accountable for Healthcare.

Else, demolish all the Govt. hospitals and hand them over to citizens cooperatives who can perhaps run them better.

And Technology can play a better role, in form of Telemedicine, Employee Health Records(EHR), rationalization of expenses in private and public hospitals.
I have a lot to say, but as of now I think the citizens must get united and have more say in how Healthcare services are there in a country.

At least in our country,Philippines, the government gives every poor citizen free hospitalization in public hospitals; or they are enrolled in medical insurance or Philhealth which they can use even in private hospitals. Though in some areas, there are poor medical services like lack of good hospitals that are equipped with good facilities and manned by good doctors or medical staff.

One of the problems here is that many health professionals like doctors, nurses, etc. leave the country for abroad to work there for higher wages.