Lagos Gets 5 New Ambulance Points, Courtesy Of ‘Saving One Million Lives Program For Result’ 

Lagos gets 5 new Ambulance Points, courtesy of the Saving One Million Lives Program for Result (SOMLPforR).

The new transferable architecture consists of an ambulance hanger and an office space for ambulance crew.

They replace the dilapidated ambulance points destroyed in the aftermath of the civil unrest of October 2020.

 

Five Lagos State ambulance points now wear a new look, courtesy of the Saving One Million Lives Program for Result (SOMLPforR), a World Bank-assisted Federal Government initiative that is aimed to strengthen health service delivery.

The newly-refurbished ambulance points are located at Lagos Tollgate end of the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway, Mile 12, 3rd Mainland Bridge, Anthony along Oshodi-Oke Expressway and Mobil along Lekki-Epe Expressway in Eti-Osa LGA.

Speaking at the official handover of one of the points at Lagos Tollgate, the Perm Sec. Ministry of Health, Dr. Olusegun Ogboye explained that the ambulance points will reduce the response time of first responders to accident scenes.

He said:

“Our current President, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, GCFR, through his vision started the Lagos State Ambulance Service (LASAMBUS) in the year 2001 and also built ambulance points in strategic locations so that it would reduce the time to get ambulances to respond to calls.

Designed to last for 20 years, the new prefabricated and transferable architecture consists of an ambulance hanger and an office space for ambulance crew. They replace the dilapidated ones destroyed in the aftermath of the civil unrest of October 2020.

Ogboye disclosed that the other ideas geared towards protecting the ambulance infrastructure and crew are currently being worked on by the Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu led administration in Lagos State.

He further revealed that that Lagos State Government has plans to station ambulance points in all local government secretariats where ambulance can be deployed at any time of the day.

Ogboye also noted that the Lagos State Ambulance Service now boast of an ultra-modern ambulance fleets consisting of Mobile Intensive Care Unit (MICU) Ambulances, Transport Ambulances, efficient communication system and trained and motivated staff.

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