The sum of $19.4 million has been allocated towards the purchase of river ambulances in 2018 to serve Upper Demerara/Upper Berbice (Region 10).
Junior Minister of Communities Valerie Patterson-Yearwood related such while responding to questions in the Committee of Supply on the budget allocations for Region 10 on Thursday.
Asked about the areas the ambulances would service, the minister indicated Malali, because it is “the furthest up the Demerara River” and Maruni, because it is “centre and can serve both sides of the Berbice River”.