President Goodluck Ebele jonathan has commissioned the national Trauma Centre at the National Hospital in Abuja.
The President who was represented by the Vice President, Architect Namadi Sambo in his keynote address described Trauma Centres as critical components of a nation’s healthcare delivery system.
He said that the National Trauma Centre which has been equipped with modern facilities is the first of its kind in the country adding that it is expected to provide the highest level of trauma management for severely injured patients, in a timely and cost-effective manner.
He said that his administration remains fully committed to delivering equitable and qualitative healthcare services to the citizenry adding that providing modern healthcare infrastructure such as the Trauma Centre and others is a cardinal objective of his Transformation agenda, as prioritized under the National Strategic Health Development Plan.
He added that under this plan, Government will help motivating existing local health manpower and encouraging Nigerian health experts based abroad to return, hence bringing quality care closer to more Nigerians, and reducing the depletion of scarce foreign exchange, due to medical tourism.
He noted that over the past three years, Nigeria’s healthcare system has seen major improvements pointing out that government has invested heavily in strengthening human resources by scaling up the Midwives Service Scheme (MSS), providing additional health facilities and instituting the Maternal and Child Health (MCH) component of SURE-P.
To meet the goal of raising Health Insurance coverage to 30% by the end of 2015, he said Government launched the community-based social health insurance scheme to complement the formal sector scheme.
He said that Government is modernising medical diagnostics and upgrading several tertiary healthcare facilities to meet the standard existing in those countries where Nigerians seek foreign medical treatment.
Earlier, the Minister of Health, Prof.C.O.Onyebuchi Chukwu in his speech said that the project is one of the many projects in the strategic Plan to have established within the shores of Nigeria, has the capacity and capability to handle all forms of trauma whether from falls, fires, accidents, natural and man-made disasters including terrorist activities.
To meet the goal of raising Health Insurance coverage to 30% by the end of 2015, he said Government launched the community-based social health insurance scheme to complement the formal sector scheme.
He said that Government is modernising medical diagnostics and upgrading several tertiary healthcare facilities to meet the standard existing in those countries where Nigerians seek foreign medical treatment.
Earlier, the Minister of Health, Prof.C.O.Onyebuchi Chukwu in his speech said that the project is one of the many projects in the strategic Plan to have established within the shores of Nigeria, has the capacity and capability to handle all forms of trauma whether from falls, fires, accidents, natural and man-made disasters including terrorist activities.
He said that the plan was conceived in 2010 include a Level II Trauma Centre in the University of Abuja Teaching Hospital, Gwagwalada, the comprehensive upgrade of the 3 National Orthopaedic Hospitals in Enugu, Kano and Lagos States and the Trauma Accident and Emergency Departments of Federal Tertiary Hospitals throughout Nigeria.
He explained that the project was borne out of a clear need as there had been an increase in the number of persons sustaining physical trauma from a variety of causes and the frequency with which mass casualties now occur in the country.
Prof.Chukwu expressed optimism that the Level one Trauma Centre will certainly enhance the provision of effective health service delivery in this speciality adding that by so doing, Nigeria will save scarce foreign reserve currently expended on overseas medical tourism.
He explained that the project was borne out of a clear need as there had been an increase in the number of persons sustaining physical trauma from a variety of causes and the frequency with which mass casualties now occur in the country.
Prof.Chukwu expressed optimism that the Level one Trauma Centre will certainly enhance the provision of effective health service delivery in this speciality adding that by so doing, Nigeria will save scarce foreign reserve currently expended on overseas medical tourism.
In his welcome address, the Chairman of the Governing Board, National Hospital, Abuja, Dr.Tony Okam said that the Trauma Centre is a full-fledged hospital within a hospital with the primary objective to provide comprehensive emergency medical services to patients suffering from traumatic injuries as a result of accidents.
On behalf of the Board members of the hospital, he requested for a separate budget line for the centre as is the practice worldwide which will guarantee the routine provision of quality service.
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