It is no gainsaying that health is wealth. Health goes beyond fitness of the body. It is the complete state of the body, mind and every other human component. However, everyday life challenges can make you lose the wholeness of your health even without realizing it. The good news is that you have been equipped […]
Tag Archives: Accident
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Oct
Oct
October is National Fire Safety Month and safety is everyone’s business no matter what you do, it is important that you consider the safety effect of your actions and inaction. Some days ago, a video went viral showing residents of Mile 2 scooping petrol from a petrol tanker. This could have resulted to a deadly […]
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Oct
Oct
Welcome to a brand new work week! Suddenness is a feature of emergency which can happen anytime and anywhere including the workplace. Hence, employers and workers may be required to deal with an emergency and the best way to protect workers is to strategically develop an emergency action plan to guide everyone in the workplace […]
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Oct
Oct
Happy World Mental Health Day! 2019’s theme of World Mental Health Day is “Suicide Prevention”. Research reveals that Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and depression are highly prevalent among survivors of road traffic accidents’ victims. A practical instance is one of Health Emergency Initiative’s beneficiaries who is currently a female patient at LASUTH. She was involved […]
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Oct
Oct
Following the previous post on “ Impact of Effective Emergency Response”, we promised to keep you updated on what can you do to have coordinated effort with speed and accuracy during emergency response, without requirements of being certified. There are 3 basic Cs you can follow through in an emergency situation.The three Cs are: Check, […]
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Oct
Oct
Accident warrant emergency response and the absence of effective emergency response can lead to loss of lives as with the case of the three children of the Julius family who died as a result of fire accident. In as much as no one prays or wants accident to occur we cannot live in denial of […]
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Sep
Sep
Accident is what it is because it is unplanned and unwanted, however accident is one of the inevitable of life. The 29th of August 2019 witnessed a fatal accident involving a BRT bus and a Dangote Truck at Ikorodu, Ogolonto that led to loss of lives and severely wounded individuals. Health Emergency Initiative intervened with […]
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Sep
Sep
Health Emergency Initiative (HEI) since its inception has been fully committed to providing succor to indigent patients by saving their lives and their beautiful dreams. One of the beneficiaries of HEI’s success story is Mr Gbagi Omotayo, a 55 years old man who was diagnosed with femoral fracture at Alimosho General Hospital, Igando. He had been […]
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Sep
Sep
The first month of schools’ resumption is gradually rolling off and we steadily proceed further ‘ember’ months where road safety officials have been preaching the gospel of drive safely, obey traffic laws, don’t drink drive, don’t receive use your phones while driving etc. Really, if you are to do a self-appraisal of yourself, can […]
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Sep
Sep
Mr Jide and his family travelled for his sister’s wedding at Ijebu Ode, on their way back to Lagos when they got to Abeokuta, they had an accident. Mr Jide being a Lagosian knows Lagos’ 112 and 767 emergency helplines but didn’t have a clue of any emergency helplines outside Lagos nor the first aid […]