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Smart hospital: embracing technology for better healthcare delivery in Nigeria

A hospital admission (late last year) had me daydreaming on my bed; what a smart hospital would be like. Let me tell you a little about it. For starters, I didn't come with my card.  But there's a screenshot of it on our family WhatsApp group. Ideally without the card, our surname and/or card number should be enough information to be able to retrieve our file. Turns out I overrated their system.  I had to lay my very weak body on the hard seats in the waiting area, while they ran around looking for the file. I mean, I showed them the screenshot. But the information there, which is no different from if it was presented was apparently not enough. They did find it eventually but I was stunned at the lack of organization. They took my vital information and I waited to see the doctor. That was another delay. I didn't mind because I knew many hospitals were short on staff. What I observed however, was the back and forth to reach the doctor.  There was no effective means of corres
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2020: Reflections

I had an idea of what my year in review would look like when I penned my goals. What I didn't envision was the performance 2020 was going to put up. The draft was in my head. I imagined ticking off items on my list, laughing and patting myself on the back for a job well done. Now, all I have are reflections. My thought process has changed, my perception on several issues altered and that is way more interesting than what I planned earlier. These are what I had in mind for 2020 1. Learn web development 2. Write more 3. Earn more from my side gig. 4. Create more streams of income. 5. Get my masters degree 6. Use Duolingo daily 7. Get a mentor especially for my coding. 8. Workout at least 10mins daily. 9. Get a great job. 10. Take at least 20 online courses. 11. Read at least 12 books this year 12. Apply for & get at least 1 foreign opportunity( internship or fellowship). 13. Be more aggressive about my goals. 14. Celebrate every win and step taken towards my goals. Did I achieve

A Simple Guide to Using Content Marketing to Build a Brand or Business

  Content Marketing! Can't stop seeing or hearing about it everywhere, can you? Sounds like some complex concept that can make your business a powerful, money-minting machine. No, it's not that complicated. Yes, it can do a lot for your business. For starters, what's content marketing? Content marketing is creating, publishing and promoting relevant, useful content to a defined audience to build a relationship with them - with the ultimate aim of turning prospects to customers. It can also be defined as using storytelling to sell a product. Content marketing however, is a long-term strategy and the goal is to build a solid relationship with your customers. This is what easily separates content marketing from traditional advertising.  The attention and relationship with your customer is prioritized over just selling. For most businesses, the goal of content marketing for them is to: Increase brand awareness Achieve better SEO rankings Engage with their audience Increase cust

Exploring the Use of Herbal Medicine in Nigeria

Herbal Medicine is used to describe products made from plants that are used to treat diseases and maintain health. It is important to know that a lot of drugs are derived from plants in which the active ingredients are extracted and made into drugs following certain regulations and standards.  Examples of such drugs are morphine from the Opium Poppy ( Papaver somniferum ). Aspirin (salicylic acid) from Salix alba (white willow). In Nigeria however, herbal medicine is a mixture of unregulated and regulated plant-derived medicines. The most popular forms of these medicines are liquid products made from a combination of different roots and herbs. A lot of these drugs are recognised by their brown or greenish colour, awful smell and repugnant taste. Especially the taste! Herbal medicine is usually touted to be a miracle remedy, with ability to cure all kinds of ailments. Which is where the problem mostly is. A lot of them have no definite dose, and are taken for more than one kind of ai

How to Build Self Confidence

There are two main things that can have a profound effect on self confidence: Money Looks And a third one that many don't realize: HEALTH - both physical and mental. Look at ads selling beauty and fitness products. A lot of them offer products that promise to build or restore your confidence. It is usually said explicitly or heavily implied. That's how much of our self confidence we attach to our looks. Anti-acne ad... see the C-word written boldly What about money? It's self deceit to ignore the ways money improves our self confidence. Money-boosted confidence manifests in many ways: Walking boldly into a restaurant or store to order without questioning your pockets, Boldly approaching the woman of your dreams, Being choosy about projects to work on because money isn't a problem, etc. I mean, how many times have you imagined being able to do these things? The problem is, we don't want to derive our confidence from money and looks. Those are transient. What happens