New ambulances for KZN's emergency services
KwaZulu-Natal's emergency response units have been given a major boost, with the delivery of new ambulance vehicles.
The Health Department unveiled 89 new, fully equipped ambulances at Durban’s Moses Mabhida Stadium today.
The fleet will be deployed across the province to assist EMS practitioners on the ground.
Officials say they now have close to 400 ambulances across the province.
A look inside one of the response ambulances which will be handed over to the province’s Emergency Services paramedics today at Durban’s Moses Mabhida stadium, they’ve been fully equipped to assist patients on the ground across different districts in #KZN pic.twitter.com/6m7unOB8o1
— Jarryd Subroyen (@Jazz_Subs031) August 28, 2018
MEC Sibongiseni Dhlomo says the new ambulances will help improve healthcare services in the province.
"There's going to be a policy that talks to streamlining the emergency medical services in the whole country. Emergency help must be for every South African irrespective of whether you have money or no money in the pocket.
Dhlomo says private ambulances are needed in far-flung districts.
"That's the issue, we should drum in the minds of many of us. Those are the things that should be up for discussion," Dhlomo said.
MEC of Health in #KZN Dr Sibongiseni Dhlomo, alongside departmental directors, goes through a meet and greet with some of the province’s paramedics, during a handing over ceremony of 100 ambulances which will be used to assist teams on the ground in saving people’s lives pic.twitter.com/2VUJQQsYOf
— Jarryd Subroyen (@Jazz_Subs031) August 28, 2018
MEC for the department of Health in #KZN Sibongiseni Dhlomo has a run through of one of the new fully equipped ambulances which will be handed over to Emergency Services in the province, to cater for patients on the ground pic.twitter.com/0Fp9h3FtyU
— Jarryd Subroyen (@Jazz_Subs031) August 28, 2018
KZN Health MEC, Dr Sibongiseni Dhlomo to launch 100 new ambulances today at Moses Mabhida’s people’s park that will be used for emergency services in the province #KZN #KZNhealth @ECR_Newswatch pic.twitter.com/dsc3Vu4Utz
— Sandile Jeff Zikhali (@Bangibiza_uJeff) August 28, 2018