The National Emergency Management Agency yesterday in Abuja, inaugurated its first air ambulance for emergency health care.The airplane, which was launched at the Trauma Center of the National Hospital, Abuja, is for quick transportation of patients with emergency cases.
The Director, Research and Rescue of the agency, Ibrahim Mamman, said the project was part of the transformation agenda of President Goodluck Jonathan.
“The air ambulance can be used to transport patients with critical and traumatic health situation from anywhere the individual is,” he said. “As a matter of fact, the jet can go anywhere in the world; it has the mile range of 3000 miles.”
He also said that the project was a demonstration of the beginning of air ambulance in Nigeria.
The director said there were plans to expand the project to make other air ambulances available to all parts of the country.
Mr. Mamman commended the Director-General of NEMA, Sani Sidi, for championing the project.
The Chief Medical Director of the hospital, Gaff Momoh, said that the trauma center of the hospital was commissioned with the aim of managing emergencies.
Mr. Momoh said that the air ambulance was for easy evacuation of patients from any part of the country.
“The jet is to move patients from wherever they are in the country and still land at the appropriate time within a very short notice.
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