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  • Health workers who deliver: LUTH's resolve to help COVID-19 positive mothers give birth safely

    Chibuike Alagboso Adaobi Ezeokoli

    September 02, 2020 |

    Nigeria Health Watch |

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    Response Location: Nigeria, Lagos State

    When the reality of the coronavirus pandemic arrived in Nigeria, health officials at Lagos University Teaching Hospital prioritized preparatory training and created a COVID-19 volunteer team of responders. These efforts proved especially crucial when the need arose to provide care to women who were pregnant and positive for COVID-19. Although it was difficult to assemble a team who would handle the at-risk deliveries, the first attempt proved successful and the team has been able to expand their services since then.

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  • In Safe Hands: First complex heart surgery at Reddington Hospital a huge success despite COVID-19

    Chibuike Alagboso Adaobi Ezeokoli

    August 26, 2020 |

    Nigeria Health Watch |

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    Response Location: Nigeria, Victoria Island, Lagos State

    A partnership between a Nigerian hospital and a cardiac interventionist group is helping to "bridge the gap in availability of quality cardiac and critical care services" for patients who are in need of care. Although the system was first tested unexpectedly during the coronavirus pandemic, it has shown early success in building and training local specialists to complete cardiac surgeries.

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