Ambulance Service investigates “soliciting money for fuel” video

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The National Ambulance Service says it has commenced investigations into a viral video which captures bystanders soliciting money for fuel to support the transport of accident victims in the Central Region in one of the National Ambulances.

In the video, which has gone viral on social media, some Emergency Medical Technicians (EMTs) are seen attending to accident victims at a spot along the Cape Coast-Mankessim highway.

The video also captures a young man soliciting money from persons around in order to fuel the ambulance to transport accident victims to the hospital.

In a statement dated Thursday, September 22, 2022 and issued by the Deputy Director of Public Affairs, Simmons Yussif Kewura, the National Ambulance Service confirmed that although the vehicle is part of its fleet, it had enough fuel before it was dispatched to the accident scene on Wednesday, September 14.

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According to the statement, the service says it did not sanction any collection of money by bystanders and that it will investigate the circumstances under which the move was made.

It added that EMTs were busily attending to the victims to stabilise them before moving to the hospital and not because the Ambulance had run out of fuel

“It was in this process of stabilising the patients that some by-standers captured the scene, did a video commentary and posted the video on the social media,”

“It can be seen in the video as captured that the EMTs were busily attending to the victims to stabilise them before moving to the hospital and not because the Ambulance had run out of fuel,” the statement said.

Ghana | Atinkaonline.com | Vivian Adu

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