FG Signs MOU For National Emergency Medical Service Operation

The Federal Ministry of Health (FMOH), has signed a multi-sectoral Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) and launched the Implementation Manual, for operationalizing the National Emergency Medical Service and Ambulance System (NEMSAS) to rescue accident emergencies on the highways.

The Minister of Health, Dr Osagie Ehanire, at the public signing on Monday in Abuja, disclosed NEMSAS was the operational arm of the third disbursement gateway, designated in the National Health Act (NHA), with five per cent of the Basic Healthcare Provision Fund for Emergency Medical Treatment meant to provide urgent health service to Nigerians

NEMSAS is the third Basic Health Care Provision Fund (BHCPF), gateway, which addresses a serious weakness in Nigerians health system, which makes no provision for physical and financial access to First Aid and healthcare, in case of life-threatening emergencies of any type.

Ehanire further posited that such intervention and the concept adopted were novel in the country’s health system, being first of their kind at national scale and because of the innovative features, designed to minimize the cost of operation and increased coverage.

“Private Sector is expected to bring in organizational acumen and a common understanding of program delivery as a public service initiative to be delivered at cost.

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