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Published on Tuesday, 08 March 2022 06:26

MEICIP Action_plan endorsed

Nekemte City MEICIP steering committee has discussed and endorsed the action plan for the project.

The aim of major city emergency injury and critical care improvement program (MECIP) is to strengthen the emergency care in pre-hospital and in hospital as well as ICU care to prevent death and reduce mortality. It also strengthens the collaborative works among the stakeholders to mitigate any manmade and natural disaster that can be happen in the catchment area.

Major City Emergency, injury and critical care improvement program (MEICEP) is one of the health sector development goal programs which are set by the FMOH and Nekemte City, which is one of the major Cities chosen for the program implementation.

The main areas of the target implementation are establishing ambulance dispatch center which will provide free ambulance services for the town and surrounding weredas, improving emergency and trauma care services throughout the Health facility existing in the City and improving Intensive care services in referral hospitals as well as referral service frameworks.

MEICEP has also aimed at strengthening the emergency care in pre-hospital and in hospital as well as ICU care to prevent death and reduce mortality by strengthening the collaborative works among the stakeholders to mitigate any man-made and natural disaster that can happen in the catchment area.

To this end, Nekemte City MEICIP steering committee has discussed and endorsed the action plan for the project in presence of the Mayor of the City, His Excellency, Mr Tolera Regassa and Wollega University president, His Excellency, Dr. Hasan Yusuf. The Mayor Mr Tolera said as long as the program is public trust, all stakeholders should actively participate for the success of the program, and promised to avail a land for the ambulance Crew and dispatch center. President of the wollega University, Dr. Hasen Yusuf, on his part also stressed the urgency of the MEICIP program and he remarked the active engagement of the stakeholders as well as health care professionals to actively participate in the project. He also promised to equip the dispatch center and assigned committee to identify areas of implementation. The discussion was winded up by approving the action plan presented by the steering committee.