COVID-19: How to Access Healthcare without Hospital Visit

Since the inception of the COVID-19 pandemic in Nigeria, the public healthcare centres have been overwhelmed due to urgent attention given towards combating the raging virus.

But, there numerous cases of stranded citizens who died treatable illnesses because of neglect at the hospitals occasioned by the pandemic period.

President of the National Association of Nigerian Nurses and Midwives (NANNM) AbdulRafiu Adeniji advised outpatient techniques for treatment to reduce the rate of mortality when access to hospital becomes difficult.

“One of the lessons COVID-19 has taught us is the dire need for tele-medicine and tele-nursing. We are now training a crop of people who would be in charge of health call centres to give over-the-counter remedies. This will reduce the impacts of the burden of diseases and save lives.

By the virtue of our network, we can easily identify the nurses, doctors, laboratory attendants at each senatorial district that would work hand-in-hand for coordination when there is a need to redirect people to nearby hospitals,” Adeniji said.

via: The Nation