Ambulance Service Fleet (Desert Response).
DOHA: Hamad Medical Corporation’s (HMC) Ambulance Service will soon add 20 new ‘ICU ambulances’ to its fleet.
These vehicles will be used to transport seriously ill patients from one hospital to another, said Brendon Morris, Executive Director, Ambulance Service.
‘ICU ambulances’ are for transporting seriously ill patients and can be fitted with complete life support, ventilation and monitoring equipment.
“They are an ambulance platform transporting patients from an Intensive Care Unit (ICU) facility in a hospital to an ICU facility in another hospital. These ambulances are built and designed in such that they are bale to transport critically injured or ill patients,” said Morris speaking to media on the sidelines of relaunch ‘Know the 5 to save a life’ campaign yesterday. “We will very soon also be receiving 20 new ICU ambulance vehicles.
These will be used especially for inter facility transport of patients. With the opening of new health care facilities at different geographical locations, the work of the ambulance service in transporting patients within these facilities is obviously increasing,” he said.
At present the Ambulance Service at HMC has a total fleet of 605 different types of vehicles including emergency vehicles and it is expected to increase by 222 by 2022.
“In recent years we have expanded and strengthened our ambulance fleet. We now have significantly more ambulances to cope with the increased demand as well as a broader range of specialized vehicles.
“For example, since 2013 we have introduced three new LifeFlight air ambulances, customised intensive care ambulances and a fleet of rural ambulances, specifically designed to respond to incidents in the most rural parts of Qatar,” said Morris. He further said that to enhance the services the top management Ambulance Service also reach out to public for feedback.
“Every week our staff from the top management will be randomly calling patients we have served within that week to get their feedback,” he said.
