Medical and crude oil

What is crude oil?

• Dark yellow-black liquid
• crude oil is a fossil fuel
• 4 types of crude oil

Method and place

• conducted in Bethesda clinic
• South- South Nigeria
• January- December 2009
• Used by mothers for children
• Traditional medicine

Why?

• Belief of effectiveness, availability and affordable
• Malaria
• febrile convulsions (a fit or seizure caused by fever)

Reasons

Hospitals and Ambulances

• crude oil plastic
• Plastic bottles that contain your prescription
• electricity for hospitals

Side effects

• reported to affect a variety of organs, such as the skin, lung, liver and kidney