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EMS getting new base in Provo as special Week marked in May in TCI
By Deandrea Hamilton
Editor
#TurksandCaicos, June 6, 2022 – The Bight will be the new home of the second EMS base and a new ambulance said Health and Human Services Minister Jamell Robinson is coming, along with more staff, two of whom will be senior workers in this critical area;. it was announced during budget debates May 2-5.
During the recently held EMS Week, those announcements got more attention and it featured a number of initiatives
The Health Minister in supporting the events of EMS Week, May 15th – 21st, 2022, informed that in this year’s budget the Department will receive three more ambulances, nine new staffers including a Medical Officer, and a second site in Providenciales.
The Minister said the second location for EMS will improve response to emergencies across the TCIs most populated island.
Ministry of Health, EMS workers and their families attended Church Services – St Monica’s (Providenciales) and Grand Turk (Salem Baptist Church); Education Day on Monday; Safety Day in South Caicos on Tuesday; EMS Children’s Day on Wednesday where youngsters learned about the job of an EMS practitioner; Thursday was Save A Life day at the Gustavus Lightbourne Gym, which included training in CPR and other ife saving techniques and on Friday, it was EMS Appreciation Day.
Across the Turks and Caicos, there is a team of 27 EMTs, described by the MOH as brilliant minds who have continued to “Rise to the Challenge” in a time of uncertainty and fear.