What it feels like to care for COVID-19 patients
My baby brother, also a doctor, posted this on FaceBook today.
He’s an ICU doctor.
I’ve spoken to him and he sounded punch drunk with shock and fatigue. I’ve never been prouder of my baby brother. He is stepping into this challenge with strength courage and poise
Again, below was posted by my brother Dr David...
Do You Need A Cloth Face Mask In This Coronavirus Pandemic?
When the index case of the coronavirus was first identified last month, one of the first preventive measures that people are encouraged to do is to wear face masks.
In fact, many health experts rightfully relied on the Ebola Virus experience from a few years ago. Among...
Update: Inquiry into the Circumstances of the unfortunate Death of Mrs. Peju Ugboma
LAGOS STATE BRANCH OF NIGERIA MEDICANL ASSOCIATION Committee on Medical Jurisprudence
You may recall that the Lagos NMA had expressed reservations on the public inquiry into the unfortunate incident of the death of Mrs. Peju Ugboma by the Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC)
You...
She was shot in close range. Her silicone breast saved her.
A woman who survived a close-range gunshot wound to the chest was saved because of her silicone breast implants doctors believe.
In a case study published to the SAGE medical journal last week, doctors described how a silicone breast implant deflected a bullet away from a 30-year-old woman's vital organs.
#EndSARS Protest: “Treat All Casualties” – Federal Ministry of Health to all Federal Teaching Hospitals.
The Honorable Minister of health, Dr Osagie Ehanire has considered the probability of need for emergency medical services as a result of civic unrest in some parts of the country and directed that casualties arriving Federal Tertiary Hospitals with evocative injuries should NOT be rejected on account of inability to pay for...
