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National Ambulance Center (CAN)

Organization:
Facility Type: Medical Facility
Status: Open

Address:
Port-au-Prince, HT 00000

Region:
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Main/General Business Number: 116


Mission: Under the Office of the Minister of Health, the National Ambulance Center (Centre Ambulancier National - CAN), is located in Avenue Maïs Gâté. A real dispatch center who will intervene in emergency care at the level of 7 circuits (list below) identified according to the health mapping of the metropolitan area.

The CAN has 30 well-equipped ambulances with oxygen, defibrillators and other emergency kits. These ambulances were donated by the Ministry of Health of Brazil who has also donated 360 tons of ringer's solution for the treatment of cholera cases that will allow to treat approximately 50,000 patients with this disease.

This part of a joint partnership between Haiti, Brazil and Cuba aiming to strengthen health systems and epidemiological surveillance in Haiti.


Areas Served: Port-au-Prince Metro area and the Artibonite Department (not clear whether this is operational at this time)



This organization provides Temporary or Permanent Service? Permanent

Notes:

AMBULANCE NATIONAL CENTRE

Placement of Ambulance

Emergency number : 116

CIRCUIT 1
Port-au-Prince – CAN
Fort National - Cafeteria – Base Cimo – Police station of Delmas 3 – 3 Ruelle Rivière (hospital)

CIRCUIT 2
Port-au-Prince – OAVCT
Police station of Delmas – Police station of P-au-P (Pompier) - Police station of Léogane – Lycée of Carrefour-Feuille

CIRCUIT 3
Port-au-Prince – PNH
Police station of Grand Ravine – Police station of Martissant

CIRCUIT 4
Port-au-Prince – Haitian Red Cross
Police station of Carrefour – Police station of Léogane – Police station of Petit-Goâve - Police station of Gressier – Police station of Decouze

CIRCUIT 5
Cité Soleil/Ofatma – Montrouis
Police station of Cité Soleil – Police station of BIM – Police station of Bon Repos – Police station Cabaret – Customs National Road # 1 – Police station Arcahaie – Moulin sur mer

CIRCUIT 6
Pétion-Ville/Furcy - CAN
Police station of Pétion-Ville – Police station of Thomassin – Police station of Delmas 62 – Police Academy

CIRCUIT 7
Croix-des-Bouquets/Malpasse – CAN
Police station of the Croix-des-Bouquets – Police station of Ganthier – Police station of Thomazeau – Police station of Fonds Verrettes – Police station of Malpasse

Info Source/Changes:
Email forwarded by Ted Kaplan to Yahoo group
http://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-4831-haiti-health-new-public-network-of-ambulance-to-respond-to-emergencies.html
and
http://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-3623-haiti-health-30-ambulances-and-360-tons-of-medicines-donation-of-brazil.html
(see full history)

Created At: Thu Mar 08 18:37:25 +0000 2012
Updated At: Thu Mar 08 18:37:25 +0000 2012
Updated By: LPar


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