Ghana Ambulance Service denies sale of ambulance in Dubai

The Ghana National Ambulance Service has denied claims in a viral video alleging that one of the service’s ambulances was shipped to Dubai in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) for sale.

This comes after two guys speaking the Twi language captured the ambulance parked in a yard with other vehicles in Dubai in a video that has gone viral on social media.

They claimed to have been in the yard looking for a car to buy when they spotted the Toyota Hiace ambulance with the logo of the Ghana National Ambulance Service.

However, the Ambulance Service in a statement revealed that the car in the video is one of the 26 new vehicles government is purchasing from Dubai.

The service denied the assertion made in the audio that the car had been shipped from Ghana to Dubai for sale.

“The ambulance in question is one of the 26 Toyota Hiace Ambulances being procured by the Government, through the Ministry of Health and being funded by the World Bank. The said ambulance is found on the premises of the Company, which is manufacturing the ambulances” part of the statement reads.

It added, “It is therefore not true that the ambulance is there for sale. The manufacturing processes are over and very soon the ambulances will be shipped into Ghana. We therefore entreat the general public to disregard the video in circulation and commentary made by the person who made the video.”