Dr. Danny is ver y pr oud of M adonna Univer sity? huge
s
fem ale population. Eighty per cent of students in
M edical School ar e w om en. W ith ever y w om an w ho
gr aduates, ther e is a shift in attitude consciousness
tow ar ds ALL w om en. This sim ple fact can only be
pr aised. He m entioned that the biggest issue facing
the students is over com ing the m ental conditioning of
oppr ession faced since childhood. Death in Niger ia is
like a w ar zone and m any have num bed their m inds
to the em otional pain associated w ith death. The
need to change this num bness, especially w ith
m edical students, nur ses and inter ns, is vital to cr eate
a sense of ur gency in the deliver y of essential
em er gency tr eatm ent.
death and destr uction to one of gr eatness.
Dr. Danny w r ote in a M adonna Univer sity
Publication, ?As an obstetr ician for m or e than 3
decades, I have helped deliver ed over 10,000
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babies. I have never seen a bad baby. If a baby
tur ns into a bad adult, som ething has gone
ter r ibly w r ong.?
We know that ever yone is bor n w ith the cor e
instincts to sur vive w hich need nour ishm ent
and love for gr ow th. It doesn? take a village to
t
r aise a child, it takes a NURTURING village to
pr otect and honor that child.
Dr. Danny stated, ?An analogy of this cultur e is
that pr oper softw ar e w as never pur chased to
dow nload into their com puter [br ain], so
com passion, em pathy and per sonal connection
has never been thought of, nor felt as an
em otion."
On our tour of the new m atur ity hospital designed by
Dr. Danny, w e m et a w om an w ho had tr iplets by
caesar ian section a few days ear lier. The babies w er e
in the incubator s and thr iving due to the new state of
the ar t equipm ent. I offer ed the M other a hear ty
congr atulation as she just looked at m e w ith an The basic em phasis should be on the w ay
people tr eat other people. Dr. Danny r em inds
em ptiness in her eyes.
us of the hum an pr inciples of m ir r or ing. If
Dr. Danny told m e later that even though the
people act w ith anger, the only r esponse they
incubator s allow ed the sm allest of the tr iplets to
get back in anger. If they act w ith fear, they w ill
sur vive, the hospital staff expected a dism al life for
often get back a r eaction to over com e the fear.
the m other and her babies because all thr ee w er e
The sam e hold tr ue for the collective
infant gir ls. Later, it w as confir m ed that the husband
consciousness.
had hoped for boys and expr essed his dissatisfaction
Bok o Har am , I SI S, an d Al l Rel i gi ou s War s
w ith the his thr ee new baby gir ls.
The cultur al collective consciousness in Niger ia is the The thought that people ar e intoler ant of other
har dest thing to over com e w ithin the m ost populated r eligions is ar chaic. Religion and per sonal
beliefs is and should alw ays be a pr ivate m atter.
continent, Afr ica.
And yet, in this year of 2015, believer s r eact as
For tunately, the stude