- To Strengthen Emergency Care
The federal government has begun distributing Advanced Life Support (ALS) ambulances and tricycle ambulances nationwide to strengthen emergency medical response and improve access to timely healthcare, especially in rural and underserved communities
The Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Health and Social Welfare, Ms. Daju Kachollom S., mni, disclosed this on Monday at the flag off ceremony at the National Trauma Centre, Riyom.
She said the intervention would improve emergency transportation and address last mile challenges in hard-to-reach communities, where delays can determine whether lives are saved.
Kachollom also announced that the Coordinating Minister of Health and Social Welfare, Prof. Muhammad Ali Pate, CON, had approved Riyom General Hospital as an outpost of Jos University Teaching Hospital (JUTH), following the cooperation of the Plateau State Government.
She commended the State Government for its partnership and commitment to healthcare delivery.
According to her, the intervention is anchored on the principle that “distance should not determine whether a life is saved,” particularly during maternal and newborn emergencies, childhood illnesses, road crashes and other trauma cases.
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