Health care: Kogi purchases 21 Ambulances.
.Encourages citizenry to enrol in free ‘Bello Healthcare Plus’
In his determination to enhance health care delivery system, Kogi state Government has bought Twenty one additional ambulances for hospitals and health facilities across the 21 Local Government Areas of the state.
The ambulances, Toyota Hiace high roof buses, are equipped with patient and driver cabin intercom, oxygen supply system, portable and rechargeable suction machines, first aid boxes with emergency drugs, fire extinguishers, and wash hand basins.
Other facilities are electrical systems, vinyl flooring, wall-mounted sphygmomanometers, and flexible examination lights.
Governor Bello , while inspecting the ambulances in Lokoja, urged citizens and residents to enroll in the Bello Healthcare Plus initiative which could be accessed at no cost.
He emphasized that his administration would continue to prioritize the well-being of the people, as a healthy population is crucial for meaningful development.
The ‘Bello Healthcare Plus’ package includes the free distribution of delivery kits, postpartum hemorrhage packs, hypertensive packs, episiotomy packs, and free maternal/newborn healthcare services to pregnant and vulnerable women.
Recall that in December, 2022, the then President Muhammadu Buhari had inaugurated the Reference Hospital in Okene which experts consider to be among the world-class healthcare facilities in the country.
He added that his administration has commissioned several medical facilities and introduced Health Insurance Scheme to provide robust health care delivery to the people of the state.
