A laboratory partner,
for our pilot centres.
We are looking for a laboratory partner. Ìwẹrẹ Care is in pilot at Jakpa Health Centre (2 beds) and Ugbege Health Centre (5 beds) in Warri North, run by INC-USA with The Roli Mabo Foundation. We do not have a laboratory partner yet. Below is an illustration, with sample data, of the order and results workflow we are planning.
Callback queue, urgent.
Planned: page the physician
Sample patient C · Troponin I · 0.42 ng/mL (critical above 0.04)
In this sample, the volunteer physician is called right away and the patient is kept under observation at the health centre.
Results, signed off, ready for the physician.
Release to the patient record
Sample patient G
Sample result: all within normal limits.
Sample patient H
Sample result: LDL 148 mg/dL (high). Total cholesterol 232. Recommend lifestyle counseling and a recheck in 8 weeks.
Sample patient B
Sample result: A1c 6.1%, in the pre-diabetic range.
Courier runs to the centres.
Cold chain for sensitive tests
Jakpa → Ugbege
Ugbege → Jakpa
Either centre · urgent only
Numbers that change decisions.
A troponin value, an HbA1c trend, a lipid panel: the laboratory is the quiet part of medicine that tells the physician what the patient cannot. A laboratory partner would let a volunteer physician abroad base advice on a real result. That is why we are looking for one.