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Everything You Need to Know about Malaria
Contracting malaria is one of the top concerns of travelers to Africa for leisure or for as ex-pats who come back for a work assignment. Flying Doctors Nigeria has put together 5 things we think you should know about malaria. 1. Malaria = One of the oldest diseases...
Nutritional Tips for a Healthy Ramadan
During Ramadan, it is advisable to fast as this can improve your health, but this is only possible if done in the proper manner. If this is done incorrectly, it can cause more harm than good. This Ramadan, we have decided to give you wide range of tips that can make...
7 TIPS FOR A HEALTHY RAMADAN
Ramadan is here and will last for 30 days. It is a fasting period when Muslims deprive themselves of food to concentrate on spiritual development and prayers. Food provides nutrients as well as energy needed for daily living and activities, therefore when you do eat,...
How Air Ambulances Save Money and Lives
According to an article by Interior News based in the USA, Roger Harris in a speech spoke on how helicopter evacuation can save lives and money. The first hour of an emergency is very critical and the life of a person should not depend on how far they live from the...
THE ISOPOD: REDEFINING COVID-19 MEDICAL EVACUATIONS IN WEST AFRICA.
With the increased cases of COVID-19 in Nigeria and West Africa, we have received several requests for the possible transfer of positive COVID-19 patients within Nigeria and outside the country. While these requests are not unusual, there was a challenge that...
STORIES FROM THE SKIES: Breathing Problems
We got a request recently to transport a middle- aged man, who works in the mining industry from Cameroon to Durban who had features of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease secondary to chronic cough being managed for septicaemia / septic shock. This essentially...
