Mobile Health Unit for Pakistan
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1 N its efforts to alleviate .the sufferings of the poor in outlying districts, the Pakistan Government is putting into service a number of mobile health units. H. and C. Coachbuilders, Ltd., Kingswood Station, Kingswood, Surrey, has already supplied three, and a. fourth has recently been completed.
The one inspected by "The Commercial Motor" had an air of strict Utility. A fold-up bed is arranged on the off side of the body and ahead of the bed is a first-aid cabinet and an Electrolux paraffin refrigerator.
At the forward end on the near side is a cooking stove. heated by paraffin under pressure. A sink to the rear of the stove has a. wall-type six-gallon water tank suspended over it.
A serving counter is arranged on the near side and when required -for use the side of the body' can be swung out and held by suitable support struts. On the counter side are three pull-out
drawers and three cupboards all in oak veneer finish.
The rear panel is in three parts, the top section swinging out to form a canopy, and the two lower sections swinging right and left to give clear access to the body. Portable wooden steps clip into sockets on the rear crossmember of the body. Brown linoleum is used for covering the floor. As the body will at most times he open, ventilation of the interior under travel conditions is amply provided for by two units fitted in the roof.
Hardwood is used for the body framework, which is panelled with aluminium and lined with hardboard. The unit is mounted on a Bedford chassis.