Atiku Abubakar, former vice-president, has hailed Williams
Gyang and Nura Jibrin, two Nigerian engineers, who voluntarily fixed two faulty
ventilators at the Jos University Teaching Hospital (JUTH) in Plateau state.
It was gathered that Gyang and Jibrin had visited the
hospital and requested to see the chief medical director.
The two digital technology engineers were said to have also
requested to fix some abandoned ventilators at the hospital at no cost as part
of their contribution to the ongoing fight against the coronavirus (COVID-19)
pandemic in the country.
Upon fixing the two ventilators, the duo promised to work on
more.
Ventilator machines or respirators typically take over one’s
breathing process when diseases (like COVID-19) has caused the lungs to fail
and fall short in a critical function required to keep a patient alive as the
immune system tries to fight off the infection.
While they are crucial in the fight against COV1D-19,
TheCable had earlier reported that there is a shortage of supply in Nigeria.
On Thursday, the ministry of finance, budget and national planning
had also caused a stir on social media when it asked Elon Musk, Tesla CEO, for
free ventilators — a post it later deleted.
Enoch Adeboye, general
overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), donated intensive care
unit beds fitted with ventilators to Lagos, Ogun and Plateau states
respectively.
The engineers have, however, taken the gauntlet to increase
the availability of ventilators in Nigeria by fixing faulty ones — with 190
cases of the virus confirmed in the country so far.
Their gesture has continued to draw commendations from many
Nigerians on social media platforms.
Joining the fray on Friday, Atiku said such homegrown
solutions are integral to Nigeria’s efforts to combat the pandemic.
“I commend these moves aimed at seeking homegrown solutions
to the #COVID19 pandemic in Nigeria. Also commendable are the efforts of Gyang
William and Nura Jibrin, who at their discretion and no cost, fixed faulty
ventilators at Jos University Teaching Hospital, in Plateau state,” he wrote on
Twitter.
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