Mobil Producing Nigeria Unlimited (MPN), an operator of the NNPC/MPN
Joint Venture, says it spent N50 million to train 355 doctors and nurses
on emergency medical services in Akwa Ibom .
The General Manager, Joint Venture Operations, Mr John Arkley,
disclosed this on Saturday at the closing ceremony of the Emergency
Medical Services (EMS) training programme in Eket.
He said that the training was part of the joint venture’s community
development initiatives aimed at assisting government to provide quality
healthcare.
The programme involved doctors and nurses drawn from medical
facilities in the four local government areas of Ibeno, Eket, Esit Eket
and Onna.
Arkley also said 10 Automatic External Defibrillators (AEDs) were
provided for four health facilities in the communities to enable the
trainees practise the skills acquired from the training.
He further said an independent medical consultancy to monitor and
evaluate the impact of the programme in the various communities had been
inaugurated.
Arkley said that plans had been concluded with another medical
consultant to conduct free mobile medical services in all the 31 council
areas of the state in April.
The Akwa Ibom Commissioner for Health, Mr Ememabasi Bassey, commended the oil company for partnering with the state government.
“It is the hope and plan of Akwa Ibom Government to set up an
emergency service that will strengthen health care services in the
state,’’ he said.
Responding on behalf of the beneficiaries, Mr Ime Ekpeyong, thanked
the company for the training and promised to put to use the skills
acquired.
NAN reports that the successful participants were awarded American Heart Association certificates.
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