The National Emergency Management Agency(NEMA) has introduced its first Air Ambulance for emergency health care and quick transportation of patients incases of emergency.
The airplane was unveiled and launched on friday at the Trauma Center of the National Hospital Abuja.
In a briefing by the Chief Medical Director of the hospital,Gaff Momoh, it was revealed that the trauma center of the hospital was commissioned with the aim of managing emergencies.
Confirming his statements, The Director, Research and Rescue of the agency, Ibrahim Mamman, said the project was part of the transformation agenda of the Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan as it is the begining of air ambulance in Nigeria with plans to expand the project to all parts of the country
"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."
On training of its staffs, NEMA affirmed that its employees would be trained for a period of nine months to get them acclamatised to the new development.
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