Ogun State Introduces 24-Hour Ambulance Service To Communities

The Ogun State Government says it has introduced a 24-hour ambulance service across communities and rural areas to address health emergencies.

According to the Commissioner for Health, Dr. Tomi Coker, said this at a news conference recently in Abeokuta, “The state could only boast of five basic life support ambulances in 2019, but that this has now increased to 26 to cover the nine federal constituencies.

“The 24-hour ambulance service is extended to communities and rural areas, with over 16 ambulance points in strategic locations across the three senatorial districts.”

Introduction of tricycle ambulances in the hinterlands had been helpful in addressing infant and maternal mortality, which in the past was occasioned by the lack of transportation to health facilities.

The commissioner added that 70 per cent of Ogun residents in rural areas could easily be transported to any nearby primary healthcare centre in case of emergency.

The Director of Ambulance and Emergency Services, Dr. Hassan Adelakun, said the department had national emergency toll-free lines 112 and 08112000033 which are available for 24 hours to activate the nearest ambulance point.

According to the director, the department also provides free follow-up service, which transfers patients to any higher level of care.

He added that patients were also being moved under the follow-up service from homes, offices and communities to the nearest facility to access healthcare.


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