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Bicycle ambulances in developing countries

August 18th, 2006 by Tim Grahl

Biking Bis:

Bike police have been around for awhile; now fire departments are using bicycles to get their emergency medical technicians into crowded events.

The next innovation for the bicycle is its use as an ambulance. Non-governmental organizations in developing countries are building trailers for bikes that can carry patients to medical clinics.

A non-governmental organization, Arise Africa International, came up with the innovation that pairs a homemade trailer with a bicycle to get people in for medical treatment from remote areas on Jinja, Uganda.

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One Response to “Bicycle ambulances in developing countries”

  1. 1 speedysam 

    This is cool. Maybe we can all go back to bikes and save the enviorment from petroleum hungry capitalist.

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