60 new ambulances to serve people
Out of these vehicles, 15 are reanimation vehicles used for transportation of people in critical condition. Photo: IPN.
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60 new ambulances have been distributed throughout Georgia to offer emergency services.
The ambulances are in compliance with European standards.
Out of these vehicles, 15 are reanimation vehicles used for transportation of people in critical condition.
The vehicle fleet of the Emergency Situation Coordination and Urgent Assistance Centre has had several upgrades since October 2014. The centre has added 362 new vehicles since then.
80 new ambulance vehicles will serve residents of Tbilisi starting from today, Tbilisi Mayor Kakha Kaladze stated at the ceremony of handover to the Ministry of Health.
An ambulance crashed into workers at a construction site on Chavchavadze Avenue in Georgia’s capital of Tbilisi this morning, which caused the death of one person and injured 12, including two doctors of the emergency medical centre.
Georgia's Health Ministry has launched its first-ever paramedic training course - a course training doctors to give emergency medical care to people who are seriously ill with the aim of stabilising them before they are taken to hospital.
Vehicle will serve in mountainous Tusheti
For the first time, people in Georgia’s mountainous Tusheti area call for emergency services and receive support thanks to a generous donation by the Czech Republic.
Georgian defence forces have received brand new Toyota Land Cruiser ambulances from the defence ministry today. Previously the defence forces received Toyota Hilux pickup trucks as part of renovation of their transportation fleet.