Phung Hiep District in the southern province of Hau Giang has returned an ambulance boat to the Australian Chamber of Commerce in Vietnam (AusCham) after over a year of sitting idle as there was no captain, a local official said.
Dong Hoang Tho, director of the Medical Center in Phung Hiep District, said on Tuesday that it returned the boat following the request of the Phung Hiep People’s Committee although it was about to appoint someone to learn how to control the boat.
Tran Khong Dan, vice-chairman of the Phung Hiep People’s Committee, said the provincial administration required the return of the ambulance boat.
Phung Hiep District suggested transferring the ambulance boat to another district in Hau Giang Province but AusCham said it would give the boat to another province which can use the vessel more effectively, Dan added.
In August 2022, AusCham handed over the ambulance boat worth VND700 million (US$28,675) to the Phung Hiep People’s Committee in order to help transport patients, especially those living in hard-to-reach neighborhoods, to safety.
The boat is 5.4 meters long and can carry four people at a time.
It was Hau Giang’s first ambulance boat, which was expected to help provide prompt transport services to patients.
However, the boat was left idle because most patients in need of emergency care can get access to ambulances, in addition to the fact that there was no captain.
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