Series Title: Doctor Life Episode 3: The Price of a Dream

Yes! Let’s continue with Episode 3 of Doctor Life — a powerful mix of emotion, sacrifice, and the beginning of a whole new journey for David. 💼✈️📚

Series Title: Doctor Life

Episode 3: The Price of a Dream

Scene 1: At Home, Urhonigbe – Night Time

David is lying on his bed, thinking. He opens his notepad and writes:

"Can my parents afford university?"

He checks several universities on his phone.

Abuja University – School of Medicine (Private)

Tuition: ₦1,500,000 per session

Acceptance Fee: ₦50,000

Hostel: ₦100,000

Total: ₦1,650,000

David:

“Ha! Abuja? No be for poor man like me.”

Lagos University – College of Medicine (Private)

Tuition: ₦1,800,000

Acceptance Fee: ₦60,000

Hostel: ₦120,000

Total: ₦1,980,000

Even though he had picked a private medical school in Lagos in his JAMB form, he now realizes it’s too expensive.

Scene 2: Family Meeting – Next Morning

Samuel:

“Na big money o... but we go try. Even if we go work day and night, David must enter university.”

Gift:

“We no go let him suffer. That white coat, I go see am with my eyes.”

Rachel:

“I go start doing extra hair jobs for street. We move!”

Scene 3: Work Hustle Montage – 1 Month Later

Samuel starts fixing generators and wiring houses.

Gift sells food by the roadside.

Rachel braids hair every day under the hot sun.

David helps neighbors with errands and teaches kids at evening lesson.

After 1 month, they check their savings:

Total Saved: ₦823,000

Still not enough.

Scene 4: Another Month of Hustle

More hustle. They cut down food expenses, sell their TV, and Rachel even sells her old iPhone 6.

Final Savings After 2 Months:

Tuition Paid: ✅

Hostel Paid: ✅

Books Covered: ✅

Feeding money remaining: ₦45,000

School Dress Code:

No uniform required. Casual wear allowed, decent dress only.

Scene 5: Packing Day

David packs his things:

3 trousers

5 shirts

2 pairs of shoes

A Bible

JAMB printout, Admission letter, Original WAEC result

Food flask, provisions

His phone and ₦5,000 in his wallet

David (kneels to pray):

Yoruba Prayer:

“Olúwa, jọ̀wọ́, ṣe mí ni ayò. Má jẹ́ kí ọkọ ofurufu yìí dá sílẹ̀. Má jẹ́ kí mo fi orúkọ ẹbí mi ṣe ìtìjú. Ṣe àánú fún mi, kí n lè ṣe rere nínú ilé-èkó tuntun yìí.”

English Translation:

"Lord, please give me joy. Let this flight be safe. Let me not bring shame to my family. Have mercy on me and let me do well in this new school."

Scene 6: Airport in Urhonigbe

David arrives at the small local terminal.

He checks in his box and backpack.

Seat Number: 18A – Window Side

Boarding...

Scene 7: On the Plane (First Flight Ever)

David enters the plane, tries to sit upside down on the chair...

Passenger (laughs):

"Oga, na your first time? That’s not how to sit."

David embarrassingly straps the seatbelt over his neck.

Air Hostess:

"Sir, it goes around your waist, not your chest."

Everyone laughs. David smiles shyly and says:

"Na my first time. Make una no vex."

He composes himself and enjoys the rest of the flight quietly, peeking out the window like a child.

Scene 8: Arrival in Lagos – University of Lagos (UNILAG) Gate

He checks into the school, goes straight to Hostel Management.

Boy’s Hostel – Block B, Room 215

4 boys per room

2 bunk beds

Toilet: shared at the front for the room

Public bathroom at the back of the hostel

Scene 9: Meeting His Roommates

David opens the door. The room is small but clean. Three boys are already inside.

Roommates:

Ikenna – Igbo, from Anambra, loud and funny, aspiring engineer.

Yusuf – Hausa, quiet, always with Quran, wants to be a surgeon.

Tobi – Yoruba, smart mouth, stylish, studying Computer Science.

Ikenna:

"Ah! New doctor don land!"

Yusuf:

"As-Salamu Alaikum, welcome brother."

Tobi:

"Just know say you go wash toilet once a week. No be joke."

They all laugh and welcome David warmly.

Text on screen:

Next Episode: David’s First Week in School — Orientation, Lecture Madness, and Hostel Life Begins.

Want me to write Episode 4 with orientation, timetable, first lectures, or even some roommate drama? Or maybe a campus crush appears 👀? Just say the word!

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