By Chisomo Phiri Phiri
One of the fast growing automobile repair dealers K Motors on Friday handed over three reconditioned ambulances to Thyolo District Hospital.
According to vehicle dealers, each ambulance cost them K15 million to be fixed from the stationed state in which they got them five months ago.
K Motors operations manager Marlon Mount told the journalists that as a company they believe in saving people’s lives hence the donation.
“We have a responsibility to ensure that service providers such as hospitals have the required tools to allow them work efficiently. Malawians gives us business and their well-being is our concern,” he said.
Director of Health and Social Services (DHSS) for the district Arnold Jumbe hailed K Motors sayi the assistance will help ease the challenges of transportation which the facility was grappling with.
Jumbe said: “These ambulances were almost at a point of being sold because they were not in a usable state.
“We will place them at strategic health centres to ensure the call for the service is easily met.”
He said the coming of the three ambulances the hospital now has six functioning ambulances which are saving 44 health centres.
K Motors repaired the ambulances in partnership with Chibuku Products Limited, which contributed K5 million to the cause.
