NIGERIAN INTENSIVE PATIENT TRANSPORT SYSTEM.
Nigeria uses 1 trillion Naira private coronavirus donations to buy ten mobile ICUs (intensive Care Units), each at a cost of 100 billion Naira.
A typical unit is equipped as below:
1984 Mercedes 911 Bus equipped with
6 orthopedic (wooden) beds,
4 Mercury Sphygmomanometers,
8 wooden IV poles,
2 stethoscopes,
10 basins for inhaling uda, uziza, ginger, mgbolodi, turmeric, and lime,
1 Lister generator,
3 immersion electric heaters,
10 five gallon plastic buckets,
6 ambu bags,
2 patient heart hammers*,
1 oxygen cylinder,
50 Bibles,
35 Qurans,
1 day old chick,
Cowrie shells,
Pieces of rag,
Piece of chalk,
3 nurses,
1 nursing brother/nursing sister,
1 respiratory therapist,
1 doctor,
3 mobile policemen (security),
10 Prophets,
5 Imams,
2 Dibia,
3 Babalawo,
1 Alfa, and
1 portmanteau of medical supplies.
* Patient heart hammers – used for cardiac resuscitation – hammer the heart back into shape.
Lol! Too creative…
Good to see that the number of Bibles is greater than the Qurans. So is the number of prophets versus imams.