Written by:
Mackie Pajarillo
“There should be
a kind of water ambulance ready for use especially during night time.”
This is what
PO1st Condrito Alvarez Jr. of the Coastguard Sub-station Boracay has said in
relation to the unavailability of motorboats for patient transport especially
during the late hours.
Alvarez
confirmed this dilemma hoping that the PCGA will provide them with a water
ambulance that will be ready for use whenever there is a need to transfer a
patient.
They usually
meet the difficulty at the port particularly after 10 pm since there are only 2
motorboats scheduled for a 24 hour trip.
What’s worse, he
added, is that they are being charged for each operation.
If the request
of a water ambulance will be granted, they will have an improved service and
operation, Alvarez said.
Meanwhile, this
matter has already been brought up by the coastguard to DOT OIC Tim Ticar
during a consultative meeting last Thursday.
Ticar, in
return, assured a meeting with the Philippine Coast Guard Auxiliary (PCGA) and
the CBTMPC or Caticlan-Boracay Transport Multi-Purpose Cooperative to address
this concern.
Tranlsated by:
Shelah Casiano
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