Ambode Donated 250 First Aid Boxes to Rapid Respond Squad
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1: Permanent Secretary, Office of Chief of Staff, Lagos, Mr Seyi Whenu
and SSA on Health Matters to Lagos Governor, Dr. SOLA Pitan presenting
First Aid kits to Commander, Lagos Rapid Response Squad, ACP Olatunji
Disu at the Secretariat, Ikeja, Lagos.
Lagos
State Government has said it would continue to support emergency
responders in the state for optimum delivery of services to the people.
Lagos
State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode disclosed this while presenting
250 first Aid boxes to Rapid Response Squad unit of the Lagos State
Police Command in Alausa Secretariat, Ikeja.
The
Governor, who was represented at the event by the Permanent Secretary,
Chief of Staff’s Office, Mr. Oluseyi Whenu noted that government is
satisfied with the response time of its responders, his administration
would ensure their services are better enhanced comparable to expected
standard in advanced world.
He noted that apart
from security of lives and property, which the Government is
intensifying efforts on, Government was also trying to guarantee health
security, especially on the road and during emergencies.
He
explained that Government realized that apart from protection of lives
and property on our roads, emergencies happen and the lives of people
need to be protected, hence the training of 800 officers of Rapid
Response Squad on administering First Aid like, stopping bleeding,
cardio - pulmonary resuscitation, managing fracture and other forms of
emergencies before the arrival of medical team.
He
stated that the presentation of 250 First Aid boxes to Rapid Response
Squad was to complement the earlier donation of 150 First Aid kits to
the team. He added that 400 kits have so far been given to the RRS for
their patrol vehicles and motor bikes.
He noted
that the primary role of the RRS was for protection of lives and
property, the State Government has realized that RRS gets to emergency
scenes faster than most responders hence, the need for them to stabilize
the victims before the arrival of medical personnel. This is why the
Government is equipping them with First Aid training and complementing
it with the supply of First Aid kits to make them save lives.
He disclosed that plans are on to extend the same gesture to other State emergency responders.
Receiving
the kits on behalf of the Lagos State Commissioner of Police, the
Commander, Rapid Response Squad, ACP Olatunji Disu thanked the Governor
for the gesture.
Disu stated that the first few
minutes of emergencies are crucial moments, adding that the officers
have been trained while attending to victims of emergencies to call
LASAMBUS immediately.
He promised that the
officers would continue to justify the confidence reposed on them by the
State Government by putting the kits into good use.
Others
who were at the ceremony were: SSA to Governor on Health Matters, Dr.
Olusola Pitan; Medical Director, Governor’s Office Clinic, Dr. Lanre
Adeboye, Head of Operations, RRS, DSP Akinwunmi Oke.
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