THE SITUATION

An-Nadaa Hospital in Tudun Wada, Zaria, Kaduna State is the first refuge for thousands of families across this region. Aside clinical services, the hospital pioneered some of the hard-to-get laboratory investigations, such as 3D and 4D ultrasound, upper GI endoscopy, sigmoidoscopy, and digital radiography, some of which are only available at the Ahmadu Bello University Teaching Hospital, a major public tertiary referral center for Kaduna, Kano, Katsina, and neighboring states. Prior to this development, it may take 5 – 10 days to book and get an endoscopy and 2 – 3 for special ultrasound. Cost is also another factor that disproportionately affect low-income households, which constitute more than half of the households in Tudun Wada, where An-Nadaa Hospital is located. An-Nadaa Hospital becomes a source of relief for many, not only for accessible healthcare, but also in a Shari’ah-compliant environment. In such environment, the skills, hope, compassion and courage of doctors, nurses and other healthcare workers is necessary. But courage alone cannot see inside a skull. Dedication alone cannot reveal what is bleeding. Hope alone cannot save a life, and referral could mean transport expenses that is out of reach.

An-Nadaa Hospital aspires to provide for the people of Tudun Wada and the surrounding communities the same standard of care available to any Nigerian in a city hospital. This is not a request for luxury. This is an aspiration for equity and equal standard of living, through a quality and accessible healthcare services, regardless of economic status or geographical segregation.

THE LIFELINE WE LACK

Ambulances Are Not Vehicles. They Are Hospitals on Wheels. A modern ambulance carries oxygen, defibrillators, IV lines, medications, and trained emergency medical personnel who begin treatment the moment they reach the patient. An ambulance does not merely transport a patient to care. It brings care to the patient. Since its inception in May 2023 as a maternal and pediatric hospital and its recent expansion and introduction of the male wing, An-Nadaa Hospital has been operating without an ambulance or any hospital-based transport system and depends on the families to transport patients to and from the hospital. Without ambulances, families scramble for commercial vehicles, motorcycles, and private cars. This is particularly unsuitable for critical patients like a mother in complicated labour or a patient with spinal injury who may be lifted incorrectly or subjected to bumps that may exacerbate their conditions. Where an emergency response for accident victims is required, the hospital is handicapped in its ability to respond timely, efficiently and effectively. "A mother in labour with complications, a child struggling to breathe, a patient injured in the spine, all deserve swift, professional emergency transport."

WHAT WE ARE RAISING FOR

Three Tools. Thousands of Lives.