
Bakersfield West Rotary Club Facilitates Donation of Ambulance to Hospital in Guatemala.
The Hall Ambulance Company of Bakersfield has generously donated an ambulance as part of an international service project organized by the Bakersfield West Rotary Club. The Bakersfield West Club will ship the ambulance to Guatemala for use by a small hospital located in the highland community of Santiago Atitlán in the Sololá Province of Guatemala. Bakersfield West Rotary is partnering with the Guatemala City West Rotary Club, who identified the hospital’s need for the ambulance.
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Today the hospital provides a full range of preventative and clinical health services with an emphasis on serving women and children. Many patients cannot afford care and the hospital relies on donations to maintain staffing. The facility has the only 24/7 emergency services within a two hour radius. An ambulance has been on their wish list for some time and thanks to the generous donation from Hall Ambulance, the Bakersfield West Rotary and the Guatemala West Rotary Clubs are proud to make this happen.
This article was presented in The Bakersfield Californian and written by Randy Merryman, International Service Chair of Bakersfield West Rotary