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Kogi govt procures advanced life support ambulances

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28 Aug 2021 5:08 AM GMT
Kogi govt procures advanced life support ambulances
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Kogi State Government has procured some sophisticated Advanced Life Support Ambulances (ALSA) to serve the people of the state. The State Commissioner for Health, Dr. Saka Haruna Audu, disclosed this in a statement made available to journalists in Lokoja on Saturday. Audu boasted ”Kogi State Government has set another record as it procures sophisticated Advanced […]

Kogi State Government has procured some sophisticated Advanced Life Support Ambulances (ALSA) to serve the people of the state.

The State Commissioner for Health, Dr. Saka Haruna Audu, disclosed this in a statement made available to journalists in Lokoja on Saturday.

Audu boasted ”Kogi State Government has set another record as it procures sophisticated Advanced Life Support Ambulances (ALSA) to serve the people of the State.

”The ambulance, the first of its kind in the History of the State, will place Kogi among the very few States in the Country to own such a state-of-the-art mobile life-saving unit.

”The ambulance has fitted in it all Intensive Care Unit (ICU) gadgets that can be used by Paramedics/Medical personnel to perform resuscitation and other advanced interventions while on transit to the hospital.

”Some of the gadgets specific for Advanced Life Saving manoeuvres include: Ventilator, AED, multichannel Patient monitor, Pump infusion devices, capacity to deliver medications etc.

”These are in addition to other gadgets for Basic Life Support,” he said.

He stressed that it was another milestone achievement for Governor Yahaya Bello, saying this would boost Kogi’s ability for rapid response to medical emergencies.

”Our amiable Governor continues to display his love and commitment to the Health Sector by approving innovative ways to ensure that the people of Kogi State are able to access quality and affordable Healthcare Services.

”With this Governor at the helm of affairs, it continues to remain a rare privilege to have come from Kogi at such a time,” Audu said.

Supreme reports that the Kogi State Government also on Friday purchased the first hospital-based Hyperbaric Oxygen Treatment chamber in Nigeria, a facility service that could only be seen on treatment abroad.

Hyperbaric oxygen therapy, or HBOT, is a type of treatment used to speed up healing of carbon monoxide poisoning, gangrene, stubborn wounds, and infections in which tissues are starved of oxygen.

He explained that the purchase made Nigeria the fifth country in Africa to boast of such a sophisticated medical equipment.

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