Edo Procures Tricycle Ambulances for Rural Healthcare Delivery Services

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In its efforts to ensure efficient healthcare delivery system, the Edo State Government has purchased tricycle ambulances for use in rural communities in the state.

The state government said the tricycle ambulances were procured to facilitate the provision of quality healthcare services to residents in rural areas of the state.

A statement issued by the Special Adviser on Media and Communication Strategy to the Governor, Mr. Crusoe Osagie, said the effort is aimed at strengthening the state government resolve to attain goal three of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), which is to ensure healthy lives and promote wellbeing for all ages.



He stressed that the ambulances were procured by the Edo State SDG office, which has led a sustained push for affordable healthcare delivery with the equipping of public hospitals and health centre with top-of-the-range equipment to render quality service.

Osagie further noted that the state government is heavily investing in healthcare to ensure that ordinary citizens in the state are better served in public hospitals and health centres across the state.

According to him, "The Edo State SDG office has a strong commitment to promoting quality healthcare delivery. The purchase of eight tricycles in addition to the ones we already have is aimed to boost the capacity of the beneficiary health facility to deliver quality healthcare to the people.

"As a government, our intervention in the healthcare sector cuts across the provision of these sort of support to the health centres by the Edo SDG office as well as the through the Edo State Healthcare Improvement Programme (Edo-HIP), all aimed at ensuring that we meet our obligation on healthcare delivery to the people."

The governor’s aide added that the tricycles are in addition of toilets and potable water is provided in market places across the state and the provision of Neo-natal healthcare facility at the Stella Obasanjo Hospital aimed at ensuring that the people are served with the right equipment to tackle mortality and health complications.

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