NIGERIAN INTENSIVE PATIENT TRANSPORT SYSTEM.

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.

2 thoughts on “NIGERIAN INTENSIVE PATIENT TRANSPORT SYSTEM.

  1. Good to see that the number of Bibles is greater than the Qurans. So is the number of prophets versus imams.

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