12 Reasons why Nollywood needs Medical Script writers

The Nigerian movie industry Nollywood is one of the fastest growing in the world today. It is the third largest after Hollywood and Bollywood.

I have watched some Nigerian movies and I have noted some hilarious mistakes or lack of detail involving medical/ hospital scenes:

It is only in Nollywood:

1. The doctor uses his stethoscope to check for the heartbeat on a patient’s wrist.
2. Blood used for transfusion looks like Ribena or Zobo.
3. We hang Primary school science charts on the wall of a doctor’s consulting room.
4. We tie Bandages like a turban around the head of a patient with a head injury
5. A patient can be in a coma, and just placed on the bed without oxygen, nothing. And he recovers.
6. The intensive care unit contains a bed and no machines.
7. The only hospital instruments are the doctor’s stethoscope and the tray the nurse carries.
8. No cannula is used for drips. It is just plastered to the patient’s arm.
9. The nurses always run to the doctor’s office with their mouths wide open whenever there is an emergency.
10. The doctor checks the heart beat on the right side of the chest.
11. No matter how big the hospital is, there is always only one doctor on duty who somehow is a specialist in all fields of medicine.
12. We can use any material as a hospital curtain.

Nollywood has come of age. However, we should do proper research when writing medical scripts.

And by the way, I am available for a small fee, if they need proper consultation when acting medical scenes