EASTERN Cape scooter ambulances don’t meet the basic criteria for patient transport as an ambulance.
This was the response of Health Minister Zweli Mkhize following a DA parliamentary question on whether the Scooter Project that was launched by the Eastern Cape Department of Health met the basic criteria of patient transport.
The minister launched the project last month, saying the scooters would be used to transport patients or deliver medication in rural communities.
He now says the scooters don’t meet Emergency Medical Service requirements.
“No, the Scooter Project that was launched by the Eastern Cape Department of Health (ECDOH) does not meet the basic criteria for patient transport as an ambulance. The purpose of this project by ECDOH is mainly for widening access to primary health care and delivering of chronic medicine for the most remote areas of the Eastern Cape Province,” said Mkhize.
Mkhize also says his department wasn’t
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