#Covid_19: We Need More Protection Equipment for FMC Lokoja – Dr. Agwu, Doctors’ Presido By TalkHealth9ja

-

#Covid_19: We Need More Protection Equipment for FMC Lokoja – Dr. Agwu, Doctors’ Presido

By
 TalkHealth9ja

As Coro dey jump like monkey from one pesin to another inside we country, plenty bodi-mata people don dey yan government to make sure say enough protection equipment dey. We follow the Oga Presido of the association of doctors wey dey do higher training to become specialists (a.k.a Association of Resident Doctors – ARD) for Federal Medical Centre (FMC) Lokoja, Dr. Nnanna Agwu talk dis weekend and im tell us plenty things. We go dey komot am small small.
Dr. Agwu talk say im hospital no get protection equipment wey oyinbo call Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) wey doctors, nurses, and other bodi-mata workers go use dey protect themselves from Lassa Fever and Coro as dem dey work. These equipment include hand special hand gloves, face mask, eye googles, face shield, head cover, gowns, etc. He yan say e reach 9 people wey don kpai from Lassa fever dis year alone for Kogi State and dem bin get 74 suspected cases. He come remember Dr. Idowu Ahmad – a young doctor for dia hospital wey Lassa fever kill 2 years ago because of lack of protection equipment (PPE).
This ogbonge doctor wey e no go tey for him to become confam specialist on top anaesthesia mata (doctors wey dey make people sleep or no feel pain during operation), squeeze face on top the dying of one doctor for Katsina State and begged ogbonge and state government make dem no allow any other doctor or health worker die from Coro or Lassa Fever. He say Naija get 1 doctor for 6000 people instead of 1 for 600 people wey WHO recommend, and we go jump from frying pan enter fire if more of dem die.

Bodi-mata workers wearing protection against Lassa & Coro

Take dis one do Easter, we go bring you more tori from other things wey Dr. Agwu yan us

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

A discuss on the national health bill

-
A few days ago I wrote on what the Nigerian doctors wanted with regards to the ongoing strike that has lasted for 17days today. Among the things they want is that the national health bill be passed. And as we may have it the both houses have passed the bill and are currently working on the final draft for onward submission to the president of the federal republic for final assent. The importance of this bill to the health care sector cannot be overemphasized as it will address the major issues bedeviling the sector. It touches on the rights of the citizens to appropriate healthcare services and the rights of the healthcare provider to treat a patient.   The bill addresses the issue of funding as it set up a Basic Healthcare Provision Fund that will be financed from the federal government annual grant of not less than 1% of its consolidated revenue funds and grants from international donor partners. 50% of this fund will go to health insurance via the NHIS, 20% for the pro...
Read more

WAVA lauds House of Reps’ support for adequate Immunization Funding

-
The Women Advocates for Vaccine Access (WAVA) has commended the House of Representatives over its call on the federal government to make adequate budgetary allocation for childhood immunizationandfacilitate the revitalization of primary healthcare centresacross the country. In a statement by the convener, Dr Chizoba Wonodi, the group agreed with the concerns expressed by the legislators about the poor maternal and child health indices in the country. According to her, “the enormous health and economic benefits of immunization buttress the need for the federal and state government to prioritize health and ensure appropriation of adequate funds for primary health care, particularly immunization in the 2017 budget.”     NIFT Chairman, Dr Ben Anyene (1 st from Right) and WAVA Convener, Dr Chizoba Wonodi (1 st from left) during a meeting with the Chairman Hon. Chike Okafor, Vice Chairman Hon. Mohammed Usman and Clerk of the House Committee on Health Care ...
Read more