The Ivory Coast has purchased its first ambulance boat this week according to news from Reuters. It was the City Chamber of Assinie-Mafia that bought the 76,000-euro rescue vehicle boat. Assinie occupants cheerfully welcomed  the first ambulance boat in Côte d’Ivoire.  100 kilometers east of Abidjan, in Côte d’Ivoire, this emergency boat is a distinct advantage.

“In the event of a crisis, you would initially have to find a kayak that was accessible, which was not committed to another utilization, you see that it required investment to fund such kayak,” Athanase Ané Assalé says.

“So that would defer the clearing. Then there was additionally the issue of the cost, you needed to arrange that expense. Remembering that whenever you’ve got an excursion that is all that is, there’s no clinical staff on the kayak. ”

“We observed that more that 14 villages bordering the lagoon already had access difficulties in terms of travel, Hippolyte Ebagnitchie explains.

“The health centers, which are based in Assini-Mafia and Asswindé and which are equipped with the highest technical platforms, were far away from these villages. By boat or local craft it took between an hour and a half or two hours to get there. ”

The nation brags more than 500 km of shoreline and a few lagoons.

“You can be treated while on the way to the medical clinic. So we are exceptionally blissful, Cathérine Djako shared. “Especially women, those who are pregnant, who face complications, need to be evacuated or operated on … It is a source of joy for us”

The ambulance boat which was named “My wellbeing” in Essouma language is completely made in Côte d’Ivoire. It started operations in June free of charge as the City Chamber explained.

The boat is outfitted with four beds and can move a few medical experts and family members of a patient.

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