This is without a doubt a critical moment for the Health Ministry where each and every resource is needed. Money, medical personnel, and supplies, medicine, and ambulances are more needed than ever by the Ministry of Health to fight the coronavirus pandemic that has infected 23 people in the country already, and claimed over 10000 lives worldwide since it broke out in December last year in Wuhan, Hubei province in China.
To supplement government efforts in fighting the pandemic in the country, the Ministry of Heath has requested the Members of Parliament to provide their ambulances that are currently stationed in their constituencies to the Ministry to help in the tracing and evacuating suspected COVID-19 cases to the nearest treatment centers.
The letter addressed to the Clerk to Parliament, signed by the Permanent Secretary to the Ministry of Health says that “The ambulances and their drivers will be stationed in their districts and fuel will be provided at the District stations.”
Over the years, numerous Members of Parliament have come out to buy ambulances for their constituencies to fill the gap left by government and help in cases of emergency. The current situation is all an emergency and these ambulances will be needed more than ever.