Stabroek News has confirmed that an ambulance that was down for some time was returned to the Mabaruma hospital and is back in service.
Minister of Health, Dr Bheri Ramsaran had submitted a written response to the Clerk of the National Assembly at the end of July, to the questions concerning ambulance services at Mabaruma, Region 1, posed by Member of Parliament Annette Ferguson in notice paper 225.
The minister’s response was circulated at the first sitting of the Parliament last week. The queries had been whether there was an ambulance servicing residents at Mabaruma at the time and if so, how many; if they were in working order and if not the reasons for them being inoperable; how long has the community been out of ambulance service and whether there