NEMA introduces air ambulance for emergency health cases

The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) on Friday introduced the first Air Ambulance at the National Hospital, Abuja, for emergency health care. The launch that took place at the Trauma Center of the hospital is for easy transportation of patients with emergency cases by air.

The Director, Research and Rescue of the agency, Mr 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 any where the individual is. “As a matter of fact, the jet can go anywhere in the world; it has the mile range of 3000 miles. “It can go to as far as Europe, Asia, nonstop, and it is also available here in Abuja but it all depends on the location where the patient calls from. “We can go anywhere and pick you; if you want us to bring you to National Hospital, we can,” Mamman said. He also said that the project was a demonstration of the beginning of air ambulance in Nigeria. -