BROKEN TRUST

Broken Trust: A Son's Fight for Justice in Healthcare is a powerful memoir by Ikechukwu Ashiegbu, exposing the devastating consequences of medical negligence through the tragic story of his mother's death. Her passing reveals systemic failures in Nigeria's healthcare system, highlighting the urgent need for reform, accountability, and leadership.

Ikechukwu's journey through grief becomes a call to action for Nigerian President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, Prof. Muhammad Ali Pate (Minister of Health and Social Welfare), and all relevant stakeholders. Broken Trust reveals inequities, corruption, underfunding, and negligence that continue to affect millions.

Key Statistics to Support the Call for Change:
Maternal Mortality Rate: Nigeria has one of the highest rates globally at 814 deaths per 100,000 live births (WHO, 2022).
Access to Care: 60% of Nigerians lack access to affordable healthcare (National Bureau of Statistics, 2021).
Medical Negligence: This, accounts for 40% of preventable deaths in Nigerian hospitals (Journal of Global Health, 2022).
Workforce Shortages: Only 2.8 physicians per 10,000 people, far below the WHO's 10 per 10,000 recommendation (WHO, 2022).
The Call to Action:
Ikechukwu calls for transformative reforms, including:

Strengthening Policy Oversight: Enforcing transparency and accountability.
Increasing Investment: Nigeria spends just 3.9% of its GDP on healthcare; this must urgently increase (WHO, 2022).
Addressing Workforce Shortages: Improving education and fair working conditions.
Creating Independent Oversight Mechanisms: Investigating medical errors without bias.
Public Awareness Campaigns: Empowering citizens through health literacy and patient rights education.
Broken Trust offers a heartfelt story and a blueprint for systemic change to rebuild faith in Nigeria's healthcare system. It provides hope by demonstrating that reform is both necessary and achievable.

This book is vital for policymakers, healthcare workers, civil society, and readers seeking to understand the human cost of systemic neglect. Broken Trust explores the pain of medical failure while advocating for urgent, transformative action.

Key Themes:

Systemic healthcare failures and the consequences of medical negligence.
Leadership, transparency, equity, and sustainable reform.
Empowerment through education and advocacy.
Broken Trust challenges readers to confront Nigeria's healthcare realities and join the fight for systemic change, equity, and healing.