In a statement, Health Ministry spokesman Hossam Abdel-Ghaffar said the ambulance scooters were the last OCT service presented to the public, adding that their top speed and small length allowed them to cross narrow streets and alleys to the injured.
He noted that ambulance scooters have first aid kits and will treat the injured until the ambulance cars arrive.
EAO receives emergency calls 24 hours a day at the number 123.
The ministry spokesman said the electric scooter can travel just over a hundred kilometers with the battery fully charged and that it emits no carbon emissions.
ECOWAS President Mohamed Gad said the launch of the e-scooter ambulance responds to the Egyptian state’s tireless efforts for the environment, which is the purpose of the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP27) to be held in the city of Sharm El-Red Sea. . Sheikh in November.
The president is pressing that the expansion of the ambulance will be presented at COP27.
He explained that EAO has made a leap to white force dependency through the construction of 77 solar power plants in several of its branches nationwide from the National Climate Change Strategy 2050.
Egypt is making great efforts for sustainable progress and the green economy in many sectors, transport.
Last September, Egypt’s Ministry of Health and Mercedes-Benz reached an agreement whereby the German auto giant will deliver to Egypt 2,510 ambulances and mobile clinics for more than 3 billion EGP ($190 million), which will run on eco-friendly engines.
In June 2022, Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly ordered EAO to contract with the Suez Canal Authority (SCA) for the manufacture of six maritime ambulance ships in the Red Sea and South Sinai governorates to serve the tourism, cruise and maritime activities sector.