How do you handle medical emergency and sick students? - Southern British High School, Calabar

The school has a sick bay to attend to minor health issues by trained care givers. However, serious and emergency cases are taken to the Nigerian Navy Reference Hospital Calabar or the University of Calabar Teaching Hospital (UCTH). Both Hospitals have a working arrangement with the school and all serious medical cases are referred to either of the hospital which are both within a few minutes’ drive from the school. When students are treated in the hospital, the cost of treatment is paid by the school and the bill sent to parents at the end of the term for a refund back to the school. In very few and exceptional cases where the student will require long medical attention, parents are contacted and advised to take the student home for proper health management to help the child recover faster.