Rail-capable ambulance set to expand emergency response in UAE, Saudi Arabia

By Nandini SircarKhaleej Instances

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — A particular ambulance that may journey on railway tracks in addition to on the highway, is ready to rework emergency medical companies within the UAE and Saudi Arabia, significantly in distant desert areas.

The car, constructed regionally by Naffco, combines customary American ambulance specs with an revolutionary rail gear system, permitting it to navigate areas conventional ambulances wrestle to succeed in.

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With the UAE and Saudi Arabia growing an intensive rail community, these rail ambulances may play a vital function in reaching sufferers in in any other case inaccessible areas, marking a step ahead within the area’s emergency healthcare capabilities.

This growth aligns with the fast growth of the UAE — Saudi railway community, anchored by Etihad Rail’s 900-kilometre line connecting Ghuweifat on the Saudi border to Fujairah.

The upcoming Etihad Rail passenger service will hyperlink 11 stations throughout all seven emirates, opening in phases this 12 months. The challenge additionally types the spine of the broader GCC Railway, which goals to attach all six Gulf nations by December 2030, additional enhancing cross-border emergency response capabilities.

“This can be a particular ambulance which may transfer on the railway tracks,” Mohammed Abdul Jabbar, Gross sales Account Supervisor at Naffco FZCO advised on the sidelines of the World Well being Expo (WHX) on Monday. “There are completely different requirements of ambulances. One is European customary, and one is American Normal. This box-type ambulance is American Normal. We observe the rules set out by American laws, and we observe the very same specification.”

The rail gear system, put in on the entrance of the ambulance, is impressed by locomotive engines. It permits the car’s tires to carry and permits it to run instantly on railway tracks, reaching distant areas with tough terrain and heavy sand.

“When it will get on prime of the railway monitor, the rail gear system deploys, and the tyres carry up. It begins operating on that rail gear system, you don’t have to make use of the tyre system,” Jabbar defined.

Every ambulance is supplied with a single rail gear system, making it uniquely suited to deployment throughout the UAE’s increasing rail networks. “In a single ambulance, you will have one rail gear system… that’s what’s particular about this particular ambulance we’re utilizing,” he stated.

Like customary ambulances, the rail ambulance is totally geared up for emergency care, that includes a street-side medical cupboard with sliding Plexiglas, oxygen and vacuum methods, DC and AC energy shops, waste and sharps containers, entrance and side-access storage, insulated home windows, and foldable steps.

Medical tools features a essential stretcher, stair chair, scoop and folding stretchers, AED (Automated Exterior Defibrillator), transportable ventilator, backbone board, traction splint, first-aid and trauma kits, suction unit, and important affected person care provides reminiscent of blankets and sanitisers.

Regionally manufactured, the ambulance depends on only some imported parts for the rail system. “It’s fully constructed by Naffco. The system we imported from Europe , and we construct it right here. We purchase the vehicles from Ford. It comes like empty chassis, and we manufacture the complete system.” He added, “The within of the ambulance is supplied with customary options for emergency care.”

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