Nollywood actress/ beauty queen turned nurse ,Regina Askia has decided 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 this on her facebook page.
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 Ebolaready Nurse". More power to all the nurses on the grind - Goodluck!!
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