The ministry of health on Monday received 10 ambulances after they arrived in the country from Turkey.
The ambulances are part of support World Bank is giving to The Gambia amid the coronavirus pandemic.
Minister of health Dr Ahmad Lamin Samateh said at the airport on Monday: We have never seen this before. I had never seen ambulances like these in this country before in my life.
“Today we received these kinds of ambulances that are state-of-the-art, that are ready for use for the provision of quality healthcare delivery services in The Gambia. The people of this country deserve the best.
“We do not deserve any sub-standard care. Our bars are very high and we want to reach those bars because the human body is the same whether it is in The Gambia or it is in Europe or it is America. What is good for people in those communities is exactly what is good for our people here.”
The health ministry said on its official Facebook page the ambulances were conveyed by the world’s second largest cargo plane, Antonov AN-124 Ruslan plane.
