eRanger: Motorcycle Ambulance Manufacturer |
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File under Special-Bikes Sidecar
Author: Mike Werner
Location: Normandy, France
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If you remember the article from 2 weeks ago about motorcycle ambulances in the Sudan {link}, then you may be interested in the manufacturing company. Yes, like for anything in life, there's always a company that makes it. Ditto for motorcycle ambulances.
UK based eRanger  is specialized in the production of motorcycle ambulances. They are generally based on the Chinese Jialing JH125 and JH200 motorcycle, equipped with a sidecar. The sidecar is the part where the patient sits/lies. There's even a full tent enclosure so that they do not have to suffer from the dust and rain.
The Jialing JH125 and JH200 are not necessary, since the sidecar can be adapted to most kind of motorcycles found in any part of the world, but they are strong, cheap and available.
eRanger also have other uses for their specially converted motorcycles; mobile medical clinics (for immunization), emergency water unit (for turning contaminated water into drinkable water) and even a mobile school unit (with TV, VCR etc). They also make models for entrepreneurs, like a mobile mobile phone shop, garden maintenance and pool cleaning units.
eRanger also train their users on how to ride the motorcycle and how to maintain it.
Part of the mission for the production of eRangers motorcycle ambulances was to provide a cheap ambulance for remote parts of Africa. A standard 4 wheel ambulance is mostly unaffordable, and can often not access remote parts. The eRanger ambulance costs about US$ 6,600, so not too expensive for any humanitarian or medical organization. The units are manufactured in South Africa.
This looks like a real useful product, simple but robust, and one that saves a lot of lives.
Click here to read more about them, and see many more photos of their products . (Thanks Pete)
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