Shillong, Aug 24: London-based ‘KTIEW EMS TRUST’ on Tuesday donated a Force trax ambulance to the Dr H Gordon Roberts Hospital, Jaiaw in Shillong.
The ambulance was handed over to the hospital by L Michael Kharsyntiew, a social worker and trustee of KTIEW EMS TRUST, London, United Kingdom (U.K.)
As a continuous effort for supporting the noble deeds of the hospital, Kharsyntiew said the trust has this time released a total amount of Rs. 40.5 lakhs which includes the purchase of the basic life support ambulance at a cost of Rs. 13.5 lakhs.
The ambulance is equipped with 2 oxygen cylinders – first of a kind available in Shillong hospitals, cardiac monitors, portable SPO monitors, and other high tech equipment to provide facilities of a portable ICU room for patient transfer.
The ambulance under the guidance of the National Ambulance Service will be used to transport serious and critical patients from one medical facility to another.
Being a SUV-type ambulance the service capability and outreach that can be provided by the ambulance can reached far flung villages in PHCs and CHCs all over the state to transport patients to better medical facilities.
