Ambulance Services In Nigeria And Lagos State
Currently in Nigeria, ambulance services are executed by individual hospitals (public and private) as well as organisations and agencies. To reduce the number of deaths caused by the delay in access to healthcare services, the federal government has announced plans to introduce the National Emergency Medical Service and Ambulance System. Ambulance service in Nigeria National Ambulance Services System (NASS) In Nigeria National Ambulance Services System (NASS) is a system for the coordination and provision of emergency medical care and transportation of the sick or injured persons who are in need of immediate medical care. The goal is to reach those in need urgent medical care in order to satisfactorily treat the presenting conditions or arrange for timely removal of the patient to the point of definitive care, most likely an emergency department of a hospital or health facilities. Read Also : The Different Type Of Hospitals Found In Nigeria Presently in Nigeria, there is no formal...
