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CM readers save a life
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The money CMraised for Transaid at the Trailer of the Year event was put towards Transaid's bicycle ambulance project, which is being operated in Malawi.
We have just received news from Malawi that while the prototype trailer was still being finished off by the participants from the Salima Garage and Welders Association (SAG WA) the team Transaid is working with on this project — it was called into operation to help a man who had collapsed nearby.
The team had just finished welding the hitch to the prototype (you can see that the wheel guards aren't even on yet) and hadn't even started production when the bicycle ambulance was called into action. We were 1.5km from the nearest clinic, and it was thought that it would be a lot quicker to transport the man by bicycle than to wait fora traditional ambulance.
The SAG WA participants were able to bring a stretcher into the building where the man was lying semi-conscious and then load him onto the bicycle ambulance with no problems at all. One of the SAG WA members then pedalled the ambulance to the clinic where the man was treated for severe dehydration.
Thank you to all who contributed to this project.
Richard Hanson Programme Manager Transaid