‘Nigeria Loses 600,000 People Annually over Administration of Medical Oxygen’
Benjamin Nworie in Abakaliki The Vice Chancellor of David Umahi Federal University of Health Sciences (DUFUS), Ebonyi State, Professor Jesse Uneke, has said that Nigeria is losing over 600,000 people yearly
The Vice Chancellor of David Umahi Federal University of Health Sciences in Ebonyi State, Professor Jesse Uneke, has revealed that Nigeria loses approximately 600,000 people annually due to inadequate management of medical oxygen. Uneke, who is also the Nigerian and State Lead/Principal Investigator for the EQUI-RESP Africa Research Project, made this disclosure during a stakeholders' engagement event in Abakaliki.
He emphasized the importance of bringing together stakeholders from the medical oxygen sector to discuss research and policy interfaces, which will help contextualize strategies for the country. The project conducted free interventions in three industrial areas, treating between 300 and 400 people at no cost. Professor Robinson Onoh, the Chief Medical Director of Alex Ekwueme Federal University Teaching Hospital in Abakaliki, praised Governor Francis Nwifuru for creating an environment conducive to oxygen production in the state, which did not exist before his tenure.
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