The Mandeville Regional Hospital will receive a new ambulance after it was handed over to Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr Christopher Tufton, from Ambassador of Japan to Jamaica, His Excellency Masaya Fujiwara.

The hand over occurred during a brief ceremony at the Ministry’s New Kingston location on Monday, November 1.

The ambulance, which will be dispatched to the hospital, was procured through grant funding of US$84,158 under the Government of Japan’s Grassroots and Human Security Grant Programme.

This donation by the Government of Japan serves to further boost Jamaica’s coronavirus (COVID-19) response mechanism.