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Mercury Marine donates engines for

a Hydro-Ambulance in the Congo

A
mbulatory services in Congo, proper equipment to allow birth and they need immediately, increasing their
Africa are now improved pediatric surgery onboard the vessel. It chances of survival.”

thanks to a donation by will also act as a primary rescue vessel in Doctor Chiara Castellari, a Congo
Mercury Marine.the event of an emergency.resident for the past 25 years, will be the

The global marine propulsion “If a child is sick in one of the primary on-call physician to take care of the
company recently donated two 60hp remote villages in Africa, historically, patients that require the hydroambulance.

outboard engines that have been their chance of survival decreased “The North of Congo doesn’t have
installed on a boat that will act as a hydro- dramatically, “said Mike Shedivy, streets and the only way to help people

ambulance, equipped to reach the most Mercury Marine President of Europe, is to reach them by river,” said Mr
remote villages along the Congo River.Middle East & Africa.Shedivy. “Thanks to this ambulance,

The boat, which will be docked at the “With this boat and the two Mercury many lives will hopefully be saved.”
port of Cremona and commissioned by outboard engines powering it, medical The boat, currently in Italy, will make

the non-proit organisation For African responders can reach those villages its way to Africa and arrive before the

Children, will be equipped with thequicker and get folks the medical careend of 2015. u

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