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The national authorities has reaffirmed its committedness to supply each Nigerians escaped exigency aesculapian attraction wrong the archetypal 48 hours of immoderate emergency, careless of determination oregon socioeconomic status.
Director – General of the National Blood Service Commission (NBSC) and subordinate of the National Emergency Technical Committee, Prof. Saleh Yuguda, made this known during a high-level gathering of the National Emergency Medical Services and Ambulance System (NEMSAS) successful Abuja.
Prof. Yuguda, who represented the committee chairman, Dr. Ismail Jibril, said the inaugural demonstrates the government’s dedication to gathering a structured and sustainable exigency effect strategy susceptible of redeeming lives crossed the country.
He said NEMSAS was established to cater for emergencies nationwide. Whenever anyone successful Nigeria has an emergency, the national authorities covers the outgo of attraction for the archetypal 48 hours escaped of charge.
“MEMSAS has been established to cater for emergencies nationwide, and the large relation is to instrumentality attraction of the diligent of anybody anyplace successful the country. Whenever you person immoderate emergency, truthful the national authorities volition instrumentality attraction of the attraction wrong the archetypal 48 hours escaped of charge, and that’s the main extremity of MEMSA
“We privation Nigerians to cognize astir this programme and instrumentality vantage of it. The services are disposable successful some nationalist and backstage hospitals nationwide,” Prof. Yuguda said.
The NEMSAS Media Cell was inaugurated during the event, with the purpose to heighten nationalist consciousness and connection connected exigency wellness services.
Prof. Yuguda emphasised the important relation of the media, describing it arsenic a cardinal pillar for educating citizens connected disposable life-saving interventions.
The National Programme Manager of NEMSAS, Dr. Emuren Doubra, explained that the programme operationalises the Emergency Medical Treatment (EMT) Gateway nether the Basic Healthcare Provision Fund (BHCPF).
He said NEMSAS was designed to unify and standardise exigency services, antecedently fragmented among backstage operators, NGOs, and assemblage organizations.
“Without a structured system, exigency aesculapian attraction becomes inefficient and non-standard. NEMSAS present provides a coordinated model that ensures susceptible Nigerians tin entree life-saving attraction without upfront payment,” Dr. Doubra stated.
He identified connection gaps, mediocre functionality of the 112 exigency number, and shortages of wellness workers arsenic large challenges hindering effectual exigency response.
Dr. Doubra called for stronger collaboration with the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) and backstage assemblage partners to amended communication, access, and effect times nationwide.
Also speaking astatine the event, the Technical Officer for Health Financing and Strategic Partnerships astatine the World Health Organisation (WHO), Dr. Francis Nwachukwu, underscored the value of sustainable financing for the occurrence of NEMSAS.
“No wellness work anyplace tin relation without capable financing. NEMSAS fills a captious spread successful Nigeria’s healthcare system, and WHO remains committed to supporting authorities efforts to marque it afloat functional crossed each states,” helium said.
He commended the Coordinating Minister of Health and Social Welfare, Prof. Muhammad Ali Pate, for prioritising exigency attraction arsenic a cardinal pillar nether the National Health Sector Renewal Investment Programme.
In her remarks, the Executive Director of the International Society of Media successful Public Health (ISMPH), Chief Moji Makanjuola, urged journalists to assistance rise consciousness of the exigency attraction initiative.
“Until Nigerians cognize that specified a life-saving work exists, we cannot maximize its potential. The media indispensable spot themselves arsenic partners successful redeeming lives,” she said.
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