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Elaine Allen-Bradley, President of the Negril Chamber of Commerce
Stakeholders in Negril are expressing concern about the Negril Fire Station once again being without any emergency vehicle following the crash of its second ambulance in the space of about two years.
The first ambulance had also been involved in a crash and had been replaced.
Commissioner of the Jamaica Fire Brigade, Stewart Beckford, says, in the most recent incident, the ambulance was on its way back to the fire station minutes after 11 a.m. on Tuesday when it collided head-on with a minivan along the Sheffield main road.
Speaking with Radio Jamaica News, President of the Negril Chamber of Commerce, Elaine Allen-Bradley, said the recurring accidents have raised questions about the management and operation of emergency vehicles in Negril.
"We have to do something about it. And I am disappointed that right now, I don't know if there is an ambulance in [Savanna-la-Mar], that if a patient wants...Sav [can] help us to get an abulance. But Negril is a tourist resort and... has more emergency calls than even Sav, so Negril cannot afford to be without an ambulance," she insisted.
She said there needs to be immediate attention from the relevant authorities to address the matter.
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