Camera_98-10-14_001 Oct 13 1998 7:34PM

 

These are "bush ambulance" at Katate Mission Hospital.  Similar 
ambulances are at clinics, hospitals and villages in various parts 
of the country.  At any time of day, when someone needs one, such 
as when a woman goes into labor, they can be fetched and used.  
Katete says it bush ambulances are used frequently.  The ambulances 
are also designed so that they can be pulled by a bicycles, but in 
areas with hilly terrain this is rarely done.