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 […]
Tag Archives: Hospital
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Oct
A good number of Health Emergency Initiative intervention’s beneficiaries are children, amongst who is Iyanuoluwa Olufunke. 2 years old Iyanuoluwa was diagnosed with Hernia at Somolu General Hospital in June 2019. Health Emergency Initiative intervened by paying the bills for the hernia to be surgically removed. He is fully recovered and back home to his […]
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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
The world is never short of good deeds to be done and there is never a time that is too late or too early to be good, Health Emergency Initiative (HEI) believes Aesop’s words that says “No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted’’. Therefore, we faithfully work in saving lives, giving […]
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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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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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Malnutrition accounts for 54 percent of child mortality worldwide, while Nigeria has the second highest burden of stunted children in the world, with a national prevalence rate of 32 percent of children under five years of age. An estimated 2 million children in Nigeria suffer from severe acute malnutrition (SAM), but only two out […]
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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
CPR means cardiopulmonary resuscitation also called controlled pressure respiration. CPR is a lifesaving medical procedure performed on someone who has a cardiac arrest/ heart attack in order to help the heart pump blood. Performing CPR to an unconscious person/cardiac arrest patient almost immediately increases the patient’s chances for survival. Learn these CPR steps now […]
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‘Your son is suffering from intestinal obstruction’ Dr Emeka informed Mrs Orji who some 30 minutes ago returned from Oyingbo market where she sells second-hand clothes’ when her son, Junior, a 16 years old boy was rushed home from the football pitch where he was practising football with his teammates and Coach. His Coach explained […]