Lagos State Governor, Akinwunmi Ambode has inaugurated 20 Mobile Intensive Care Unit and 26 transport ambulances in the state.
Ambode who spoke during the inauguration at the Government House, Alausa Ikeja said” In my inaugural address, I pledged my total commitment to run a government that will leave no one behind; a government that will implement programmes that make life simpler, easier and happier for our people. Today we are inaugurating the free ambulance service as a demonstration of that pledge.
“I recall with much satisfaction the great strides we have witnessed in the health sector in the last 16 years; commencing from the foundational leaps of Asiwaju Bola Tinubu to the significant landmarks of Babatunde Fashola (SAN).
“We have restructured the State Emergency Ambulance Services and increased the fleet of new Mobile Intensive Care Units by 20, bringing the total number to 33 MICUs. This will widen the coverage of our services beyond the metropolis to the hinterland within the state. In total, we are inaugurating 46 new ambulances today.”
The governor also added that his administration will upgrade General hospitals in the state.
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