Two new ambulance to serve city

A NEW ambulance service staffed by trained Australian paramedics will be available in Port Moresby this week.
The Emergency Medical Services PNG Ltd offers a new service featuring fully-equipped ambulances.
The service is the brainchild of Dr Fa Pulotu and wife Lydia to give patients a better chance of survival if they get caught up in an emergency medical situation in Port Moresby.
Pulotu runs medical clinics at Ela Medical Centre in town and Jacobi Medical Centre in Boroko, where two of the ambulances will be based.
The ambulances are fully-equipped to Australian standards, with equipment such as oxygenators, stretchers, defibrillators and medication to deal with cardiac or any medical trauma.
“The idea came to us as we are often faced with the question, would you survive a heart attack in Port Moresby?” Australian paramedic Mark
McCarthy asked.
“With this service, these ambulances, all the vital equipment and fully-trained overseas paramedics, we are confident your chances will rise significantly.”
The ambulances will be stationed around the city to give quick access to any emergency they are called to.
The first two ambulances are already here and two more will arrive next week. Another four-wheel drive all-terrain ambulance is on order.
The service will be a subscribers’ service, but is affordable to everyone at a rate of K1 per day (K365 per annum), and 50t for children under 12 (K182.50 per annum).
Corporate companies are urged to look at providing the service to their staff and families.
The service will be available this week and can be accessed by a toll free 24/7 phone number, featured prominently on the vehicles – 1567.