Organisation inaugurates Emergency Rescue Information Control Centre in Ibadan

Humanitarian organisation inaugurates Emergency Rescue Information Control Centre in Ibadan

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Inauguration

Ibadan, March 12, 2016 (NAN)

The Road Accident Information and Rescue Organisation, a humanitarian service outfit, on Saturday, inaugurated Emergency Rescue Information Control Centre at Ibadan Toll-Gate on Lagos-Ibadan expressway.

The organisation’s National Coordinator, Mr Okanlawon Bamgboye, said the centre would receive emergency calls in case of accidents on the road for immediate emergency response.

``The centre is a control room where operators receive emergency calls from members of the public in need of assistance and immediately dispatch the information received to relevant rescue agencies.

``The centre will provide relevant information to hospitals that will treat rescued victims and have access to information about relatives.

``Our operators are trained to provide first aid advice over the phone, so that treatment of the patients can commence before hospital ambulance arrives.

``For any emergency, call 07034640202, 08125740204, give the operator essential information, including the exact location of the accident and details of what happened,” he said.
Bamgboye emphasised that the focus would be on quick intervention to victims of traffic accidents.

He said the centre would work with emergency service providers such as ambulance operators, police, and personnel of Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC), among others.

The coordinator said that the organisation had selected some private hospitals to cater for any emergency.

He stressed that saving lives was a collective responsibility and urged the people to support the initiative to save victims of road crashes.

A resident, Mr Charles Balogun testified that the rescue organisations had recently helped some accident victims and commended the initiative.

``They were called over an accident that occurred at Ojoo/Iwo road, Ibadan.
“When we called them, they responded promptly, called on the road safety to inform them, after some time, they arrived and the victims were taken to the hospital,” he said. (NAN)
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