So the Federal Minister of Health
has said we have no new confirmed Ebola case for now in Nigeria and that is great news.
There seems to be just one confirmed case and she is the isolation centre in
Lagos. There is still a lot of people that are under quarantine/survelliance and hopefully
they would not present with the Ebola virus symptoms.
However till then most organizations
are taking some precautions to help protect themselves and the public at large.
A friend said that at her place of work they now check their temperature with the
infra red thermometer at the office's entrance. In some banks, the cashiers are wearing
gloves and face masks. Some have at the entrance soaps, chlorine water and hand
sanitizers. They also have the infra red thermometers to check the temperature
of their staff.
In my church yesterday, I saw that
at the entrance one of the traffic officials was pumping a small amount of hand
sanitizers for members (old or young) and that there has been adjustment to the
way we now take Holy Communion.
All this is all good and I quite
agree with the measures being taken. However I don’t understand the measures
taken at my hospital. Last week most of the different units had blocked all
other entrances and left only one open where someone stands at the door and
checks the temperature of people entering.
Each department seemed to be doing
it and I didn’t quite get the essence. It is fine to screen people even the
staff members but I personally thought the way they were going about it was
wrong. Locking all entrances is a fire/emergency risk. What of if something
happens and people need to run, what would happen then? Apparently someone must have thought about it because there was another exit open in some buildings today,
To me the action felt panicky. It
was not being proactive at all. A colleague said that there should be a
screening point at the main entrance which is the gate at the hospital and if
there is any suspected case the patient should be transported to the proposed
isolation centre in an ambulance to minimize the amount of people the patient
comes in contact with.
At first I didn’t think the idea was good but I now think it is far better than the way they decided to prevent anybody from getting the virus. I
now support the idea and feel that everyone including staff members should be
screened at the gate then when everyone gets to the unit or department he or
she is heading before entering there should either be hand sanitizers provided or
soap and water for people to use. Patients would be screened again but this time
for their vital signs to be recorded.
That is what I feel is a better
option because it protects everyone and the staff members are also checked. And
the amount of times a staff member is exposed to the infra red would be reduced. Which is a concern to me because
imagine if I had to leave and enter a unit almost 10 times in a day, I would
be checked ten times uhn? Come on! That ain’t good.
I know I was not asked about my
opinion but then I think some consultants read my blog (one has actually seen
my blog and one calls me Diva so hey *shruggingmyshoulders*) and hopefully would think more about my ideas
and maybe suggest it to the management. And yes, there might be a little traffic
hold up at the gate but they already check for bombs at the gate so while the
security officials are checking for bombs, someone can be screening the people
who are in the car and another screening those who walk into the hospital.
And yes, they would need a lot of
hand sanitizers, chlorine water and soap but that is not a big matter. As a
pharmacist in the federal republic of Nigeria I can tell you that pharmacists
in Nigeria and all round the world have the knowledge on how make beautiful and
effective hand sanitizers (I am bragging here but let me brag joor….lol).
My colleagues and I were discussing
it today and the possibilities of making it, supplying it to all the units and also selling it to companies,
banks, churches and fast food restaurants. But what discouraged us was how the
money would be collected and spent. It makes no sense for us to work hard on it because apart from making it and sourcing for packaging
materials we would also have to market it and that might involve us going to
the various potential clients and getting them to patronize us and make so much money then see the
money being taken by someone else and used to do other things and not help improve our department.
Well the idea has been thrown in the
bin and I doubt after what recently happened any pharmacists would be
interested in making the hand sanitizers. There is so much that pharmacy is
sidelined for and it is really amazingly shocking. I have refused to let it get to me but the day
I can’t take it anymore I am going to say what I feel and I couldn’t give a
rat’s ass if someone doesn’t like it.
Someone in Uyo must have annoyed God
because it has been raining since around 3pm and it seemed really heavy in some parts.
Almost every where on my way home was flooded. I thought Uyo had better
drainage systems that Lagos but I guess I was wrong. I saw a house close to my
place where they had to put their sofa on a table because the water had risen
to about 14-16 inches above ground level. The water reduced immediately the rains stopped
but the damage has been done. I don’t know what they are going to do now.
Check out the pictures I was able to
take (sorry that some of them are blurry, the tricycle was moving when I was
taking it):
I can just imagine the amount of
germs in the water….ewwwww. And a small person should not venture to enter some
of the water I saw, if you slipped and fall and can’t swim, you would drown.
I hope the rain stops tomorrow so
that I can do some of the things I had plan to do today that I couldn’t. I need
to get the new batch of hand sanitizers that should have arrived by now.
Gotta run. Hey, the Duchess of
Cambridge is pregnant with her second child. Those royals be eating some
fertility stuff, Prince George is barely 15 months. Oh well, Congrats to them.
William, Catherine and George.... |
Thanks for stopping by.
Luv ya,
Petite Diva
I'm so glad Ebola has been controlled in Nigeria and everywhere else. It was really worrying
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I am just glad that everything seems to be under control. I hope it stays that way.
DeleteAm tired of the Ebola news mbok. The panic people are causing is even doing more damage than the virus. We should educate people more too.
ReplyDeleteHonestly people don't want to hear, any small thing they follow. Education is key here. How are you doing?
DeleteAm good diva
DeleteOh wow....Hellooo mami....**singing** I am here....hehe.....mehn that's some sick flood eh?...
ReplyDeleteTibs Tells Tales
Real sick and today might have been worse because it has rained for over 3 hours now. Luckily I am inside my house cos the thunders are scary.
DeleteWe thank God o. If truly this virus is controlled to a minimum in NIgerian then I am proud to be a Nigerian. I used to say we Nigerians are very careless but if we don't hear of another case of ebola,I'll change mouth asap..hehehe. Uyo looks like a beautiful place..without the flood sha. I should visit sometime.
ReplyDeleteYou and me both dear. You are welcome to Uyo but you might be disappointed. Don't believe all the hype.
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