The Ministry of Public Health on Tuesday handed over a $17 million river ambulance to Region 10 and five passenger boats valued at $2.6 million for several riverine communities.
According to a Department of Public Information (DPI) release, the vessels were handed over to the respective Regional Health Officers (RHOs) in the compound of the Ministry’s Central Supplies Unit located in Kingston, Georgetown.
The river ambulance was supplied by Meditron Inc – a medical supplies company – and cost some $17 million while the five boats totalled $2.6 million.