Flying Doctors Unveils COVID Mobile, A Vehicle Testing For Fast Result

In an effort to ramp up Covid-19 testing which is still very slow in Nigeria and also to protect frontline health workers, Flying Doctors Healthcare Investment Company has launched what it calls ‘COVID Mobile’.

COVID Mobile is a sample taking vehicle that could help ramp up testing whose mission is to protect Nigeria’s healthcare workers who are taking samples from potentially infected patients in the field.

Evidently, COVID-19 pandemic is having an impact across the world and how hard this will touch Africa in general and Nigeria, in particular, remains to be seen.

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This makes preparations and professional response to the crisis are a must so as to be sure that its impact is kept as manageable as possible.

The good news, however, is that the call is being heard and answered and it is that call that prompted Flying Doctors Healthcare Investment Company to launch ‘COVID Mobile’

Experts agree that the group of people that is most at risk of contracting COVID-19 from samples is medical laboratory scientists.

“This COVID test vehicle will benefit our members in a number of ways, the most important being that it reduces the risk of infection,” said Olumide Fatogbe, the Lagos State chairman of the Association of Medical Lab Scientists who was a special guest at the launch of COVID Mobile in Lagos.

Some of the unique features of the COVID-19 Vehicle Testing Booth include…

1. It can potentially reduce the cost of PPE by up to 90%.
2. It is more cost-effective & efficient than going to patient houses.
3. Enables the ability to test in multiple locations daily.

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