04 December, 2003
BRA adds ambulance into its Humanitarian Health Care System
As part of its humanitarian health care invention in the bateyes of the Dominican Republic, BRA has secured an ambulance to provide emergency transport services to the impoverished population.
The donation of the ambulance was arranged by the Wallkill Valley Rotary Club in New Jersey — a donation from the Mountain Creek Ski Resort. “The ambulance will be stationed in the bateyes to provide free services to the impoverished in case of an emergency,” said Ulrick Gaillard, Executive Director of the BRA. “Each year, too many people lose their lives senselessly in the bateyes simply because there is no emergency transportation system established to rush them into a nearby hospital. The ambulance will help save lives,” added Gaillard.
The ambulance will also be providing emergency services to the rest of the province of Monte Plata wherever needs are warranted. “Even though the ambulance is retired, it is still in good shape. The engine is fine,” said Alexis Horvarth, co-chair of the Rotary’s Ambulance Project Committee. “At first, the Rotary wanted to send the ambulance to Brazil, but there was so much red tape to get trough, it didn’t work out,” Horvath said. But then, John Rovetto, Rotary President, met Ulrick Gaillard of the Batey Relief Alliance.
According to Ulrick Gaillard, the ambulance will be shipped with the assistance of Food for the Poor from a Newark port in New Jersey to the Dominican Republic where the country’s Ministry of Health will grant BRA customs cleareance to get the vehicle out.
The Ambulance project will involves the participation of the local Rotary Club of Arroyo Hondo in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.
