Monday, January 18, 2016
ONE of the “state of the art” ambulances handed to the Public Hospitals Authority last month was yesterday morning involved in a crash at the junction of Blue Hill Road and Soldier Road in southern New Providence.
The National Insurance Board had given the PHA two 2014 Ford f-350 ambulances valued at $300,000 in early December to improve its capacity to respond to medical emergencies.
Yesterday, the ambulance was involved in a collision with a Honda, and three people, including the ambulance driver, reportedly suffered minor injuries. The ambulance ended up mounted on a guardrail on the central reservation.
The new ambulances are equipped with automatic transmissions and are customised with features that will improve “performance, reliability, patient and staff safety as well as improved visibility and audibility”, according to Health Minister Dr Perry Gomez at the handover ceremony.
The vehicles are also equipped with global positioning systems (GPS), high sulphur grade diesel engines, LED lighting, hydraulic lifts to allow the cabin to be raised and lowered, and a modular cabin “for ease through the narrow streets of New Providence”.
Comments
TruePeople says...
This is a good photo to use for your NHI articles. I think it captures the spirit of NHI.
Posted 18 January 2016, 1:55 p.m. Suggest removal
DonAnthony says...
Well that did not last long! A perfect metaphor for NHI, wait until this government is in charge of your healthcare!
Posted 18 January 2016, 1:57 p.m. Suggest removal
Sickened says...
We can't win for losing!
Posted 18 January 2016, 3:33 p.m. Suggest removal
sheeprunner12 says...
Thats 150K gone ...................... but just check the Police Force bone yard ........... another $3 million sits there rotting away ................... there is no accountability for public money
Posted 18 January 2016, 4:09 p.m. Suggest removal
The_Oracle says...
"The new ambulances are equipped with automatic transmissions and are customised with features that will improve “performance, reliability, patient and staff safety as well as improved visibility and audibility”, according to Health Minister Dr Perry Gomez at the handover ceremony."
That didn't pan out too well.
Lack of due care and attention, but only shortened its life by a few months, would've been bone yarded within 6 months anyway.
Posted 18 January 2016, 4:14 p.m. Suggest removal
Emac says...
In truth, many drivers can be seen taking their own slow time when pulling to side to allow emergency vehicles to pass. In some cases I have seen where drivers simply ignore the sound of the siren and or horn blowing for them to move out of the way. But I guess it is difficult to hear a siren if you have your stereo blasting and turned up to the highest volume. Sigh...What a f*#$ing jungle that we live in.
Posted 18 January 2016, 4:57 p.m. Suggest removal
Sickened says...
I only pull over for ambulances... and that crazy prison bus.
The PM can tote line with me. Madame Ping can kiss my a$$. And the special envoys for Atlantis gamblers, movie productions and VIP's can take a helicopter if they are so damn important!
Posted 19 January 2016, 10:12 a.m. Suggest removal
MonkeeDoo says...
What yinna upset about ? This only y'all pension money wssted up and gone. Plenty more where that come from. Don't worry be happy. Perry got ya back.
Posted 18 January 2016, 10:12 p.m. Suggest removal
sheeprunner12 says...
We are talking 150K here for ONE ambulance ............ yet you hear on the news every so often "the victims were taken to PMH in a private vehicle" ........... still no ambulances or fire trucks on the majority of the Family Islands .............. but VAT and NHI is here
Posted 19 January 2016, 10:46 a.m. Suggest removal
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