In this Comorian community, an ambulance horn is music to one ’s ears
OUZIOINI, Comoros –Who has not heard the horn of the Ouzioini ambulance? Up to five times a week, the vehicle ferries women and children some 50 kilometres from the rural Ouzioini District to the capital, Moroni, for urgentmaternaland paediatric care.The ambulance ’s distinctive low-pitched horn is a welcome sound to Ouzioini residents, who, until 2011, had to find their own transport to emergency care – at great expense.
Source: UNFPA News - Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: zerzan Source Type: news
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