Lagos State Government Gets 10 Automated External Defibrillators From Donor Partner

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… As UK-Based Organisation Trains 40 Lagos Nurses on Immediate Life Support

Lagos State Government has received the donation of 10 automated external defibrillators (AED) valued at 15 million naira from Naijaid-UK, a non-profit organisation registered in the United Kingdom, for the improvement of emergency medical services in public health facilities in the State.

The Permanent Secretary, Lagos State Ministry of Health, Dr. Olusegun Ogboye received the AED donation on behalf of the Lagos State Government during a one-day Immediate Life Support (ILS) training programme organised by NaijaAid-UK for practising Lagos nurses drawn from public and private health facilities held at the Radisson Hotel, Ikeja.

Speaking on the donation and the ILS training, Ogboye noted that AEDs will help improve the basic life support services provided by health workers in public health facilities and during emergency medical services.

He explained that the medical devices donated by NaijaAid-UK will help the State Government provide immediate life support to those experiencing sudden cardiac arrest, adding that the AED is a device that recognises ventricular fibrillation and other dysrhythmias and delivers an electric shock at the right time to save lives.

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