From Uchenna Ezeadigwe,
Awka
Anambra State Government has inaugurated a 14-man State Emergency Treatment Medical Committee (SEMTC) to take care of pre-hospital and hospital based emergencies.
News Echo reports that SEMTC was set up in the State Emergency Medical and Ambulance System, because of the current health injuries and trauma in the society.
The event was held on tuesday at the commissioner’s office of the Jerome Udoji Secretariat Complex, Awka.
Commissioner for Health, Dr. Vincent Okpala while initiating the committee said that SEMTC was in line with the National Health Act that was passed into law in 2014.
“It is truly a very important day for the state and the country because in 2014 the National Health Act was passed and in the Act, the underlying principles of Emergency Medical Services were captured.’’
The commissioner noted that the committee would help in taking care of acute illnesses, injuries whether traumatic or non traumatic; “the essence is to see if we can start approximating our medical system to that of the Western World”.
Among the goals of SEMTC is to help us to actualise this, get a coordinated response in the state pre-hospital emergency medical response. Get facilities that can be accredited to function as emergency treatment, facilities categorised as level 1, 2 and 3 to collaborate with NEMTC to help to ensure that Ndi Anambra benefit from the scheme.
Dr Okpala however urged them to be committed, to work within the confines of the 2014 National Health Act and as well help the state to build robust emergency medical services.
Chairman of the committee, Dr. Obinna Mba on behalf of the committee members assured that they would discharge their duties diligently at all times.
