In the past couple of months two members of the Nedi Gezira (Egypts version of a Country Club) have had heart attacks and died on the way to the hospital. One at the squash courts and one in the mens locker room. My husband was in the vicinity of both of these emergencies, along with several other doctors, and neither one of these men lived. Our club has an ambulance which is located on the club premises. Basically, this ambulance is a microbus. The ambulance contains a stretcher, 2 air tanks, and the drivers. On both of these occasions, only one air tank was working and it seems that it had critical air flow problems. Every single physician that attended to both of these poor men felt that if they had a decent ambulance with the neccessary lifesaving equipment that perhaps both of these fatalities may have been avoided. Egypt has recently implemented much more stringent traffic laws. I am hoping that they will consider equipping their ambulances with the things that one needs to save lives here in Egypt as well. Training for personel and basic life saving support is a must.
Until next time,
A Woman of Egypt