COMMUCATION AND INTIGRATION IN EMS

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PolicyTv is back! Its Miberon Omoloju here, your host with the most, and I can’t wait to share all that we have in store for you this year. This is officially our very first episode for the year 2024, But before we begin unravelling today’s topic, I want to extend a massive thank you to each and every one of you who made 2023 such a fantastic year for PolicyTv. Your support has been incredible, and we're geared up for an even more significant journey, in 2024.

So, with that being said, let’s get down to business.

Our topic today revolves around the Health Sector in Nigeria, but our main focus is the Emergency Services.

Let me give us a real-life example which trended about 3 weeks ago. On Wednesday, 17th of January 2024, there was a major fire outbreak at IC World Emporia Centre in Gwarinpa, Abuja. Thankfully, there were no lives lost, but goods worth millions of naira were destroyed in the fire. Now here is the absurd part, An X user posted a video of the incident and said that he had reached out to fire fighters early without any success. I’m just going to read out his exact tweet just so we get the full picture. His tweet read ‘I called @Fedfireng emergency line, the woman hung up on me. I called 112, they said I should call 122, I called 122, they said I should call 112”. This just paints a vivid picture of the challenges Nigerians face in times of emergencies and if something is not done, we will keep having deaths that could have been avoided.