Nollywood actress/ beauty queen turned nurse ,Regina Askia has taken a
brave decision to work at a US Ebola Center.Regina who works at a
hospital in NewYork was asked to look for volunteers to work at the
center, but on a second thought, the mother of 3 decided to join as a volunteer .She announced on facebook
My job was looking for Nurses to
volunteer for the Ebola center which was moved from our building to
another location. My male colleagues said they would do it for 200
dollars per hour, ....C'mon Regina , gotta get
on the team...they said. I was not smiling (I am captain of my 3 kid
team). Not one female nurse volunteered (lol). We ALL had to demonstrate
proper use of PPE equipment and be proficient with the Ebola protocol. I
was full of thoughts as I watched the display, hoods, masks, gowns,
boots....almost like a nightmare. Home news had it that Nigerians washed
their hands, didn't hug as much, monitored their temps and on the first signs
of malaise drank the ORT (oral rehydration therapy) until symptoms
passed. Were we once again trying to kill mosquitoes with bazookas? I
wasn't going to wait to find out. In a daze I got with the program to
become "an Ebola ready Nurse". More power to all the nurses on the grind
- Goodluck!!
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