It’s the festive season, year 2019 is happily winding up and there are different mega shows springing up to celebrate the close of the year’s activities. As much as you would like to socialise and have fun in this season, please stay safe . Don’t get carried away with the crowd’s merry making to the […]
Category Archives: In the News
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There is a job opening at HEI for an M&E Officer. Qualified and interested candidates can apply. Job Description: The job role is to provide monitoring and evaluation support to improve program effectiveness and delivery. The intention is to enhance the Health Emergency Initiative (HEI) mission and to ensure that empirical evidence is collected […]
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Emergency response is functional and effective when quick attention and care are provided to emergency victims while in transit. It is not enough that victims are transported to the hospital as quickly as possible rather it is more important that emergency victims are given emergency treatment needed to keep the victims alive even before getting […]
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Dec
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If you’ve ever had a toothache or any issues with your dentition, you will understand the excruciating pain of a 29 years old man who was diagnosed of ameloblastoma to the right mandible at Federal Medical Centre Ebute-Metta and he needed surgery. As severe as the pain was, there was no money to treat the […]
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That phase of the year that needs more caution because of its susceptibility to unpleasant happenings is the ‘Ember’ months phase and December is not an exception. 2019 nears its end and it weighs the heart with some unpleasant occurrences especially with the recent neck trauma occurrence. It’s no longer news that a young lady […]
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Dec
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In the early hours of Monday, 2nd December 2019, an accident happened at Ikeja Under Bridge involving a motorcycle rider and the victim died instantly. A day before this day, this victim would have celebrated that he witnessed the month that ends year 2019. Sad right? Yes it is. This implies that accident is no […]
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After the travailing experience of child delivery, Mrs Chidi had severe bleeding. Her husband had managed to pay for the initial bill needed to cater for the delivery of the newly born, but there was no more funds for treatment of the mother who had just given birth. Blood flowed out of Mrs Chidi per […]
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“No bed space, there is no bed space” hospital workers say as victims in emergency situations are rushed to the hospital. This is the everyday reality of victims of emergency situations in most Nigeria public health institutions while the country faces 89 deaths per 1,000 live births and patient-to-doctor ratio 2500:1. Lives are lost as […]
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The heartbreaking condition of a mother seeing her 3 year old son in pain is a sad tale to tell especially knowing she could have helped but she couldn’t because she is financially incapable. She cried bitterly around seeking for help to save the life of her child who has been diagnosed of Meningitis. […]
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In the past, ambulances in Nigeria were known to be used by undertakers’ services and not for conveying emergency victims, until an oil company in the Niger Delta region of Nigeria started an ambulance system of emergency response for conveying their emergency staff to the hospital. Emergency Medical Services was officially introduced to Lagos State […]