Uba Sani inaugurates 5 mobile medical trucks, Women, children’s shelter

From: Femi Oyelola, Kaduna

As part of activities lined up to mark his 100 days in office, Kaduna State Governor, Senator Uba Sani on Sunday inaugurated five state-of-the-art mobile medical trucks to provide medical services to hard-to-reach communities.
The Governor also commissioned the Women and Children Shelter at Katuru Road in Kaduna to provide accommodation and other, services to victims Gender Based Violence (GBV) and other abuses.
The Governor, represented by his Deputy, Dr. Hadiza Sabuwa Balarabe said, the Mobile Medical Trucks being commissioned will boost healthcare services and enhance the well-being and survival of Kaduna State citizens.
The Governor said, “By what is intended, these trucks will further serve to close the geographic action gap in healthcare services. With these medical trucks, screening and diagnosis of ailments will be brought to the doorstep of the citizens of Kaduna State.
“Our administration is committed to taking all necessary steps to make significant progress towards achieving universal health coverage. Our vision is to build and strengthen enhanced health systems that are adequately equipped, well staffed with comprehensive, accessible, and affordable services, and that are oriented to deliver a distanced standard of care.
“To this end, we undertook an innovative approach to better our state’s health care system. Among the initiatives we took, we have procured state-of-the-art mobile diagnostic units that will facilitate the provision of quality diagnostic services to our far-to-reach, hard-to-reach, and other underserved communities.
“These mobile units will offer a range of services, including maternal, newborn, and child health interventions, radiology services, and all laboratory diagnoses of ailments such as malaria, HIV, hepatitis B and C, tuberculosis, and many more.”