The Mercedes-Benz subsidiary in Cuba will provide the vehicles and maintenance; the State, the doctors
14ymedio, Havana, 5 April 2024 — The Mercedes-Benz distributor in Cuba, MCV Comercial S.A., agreed on Thursday to an unprecedented collaboration with the Ministry of Public Health for the “experimental use” of 15 ambulances. The company – a mixed entity with links to Transport – expects that, as part of this public-private partnership, Health will complement” the vehicle service with a “crew of doctors.”
The announcement, very discreet, was made during the International Transport and Logistics Fair in Havana, and the government disseminated photos of the signing of the agreement, which took place under the watchful eye of the Minister of Transport, Eduardo Dávila. The MCV Comercial website celebrated the announcement and revealed that state-owned Taxi Cuba and Viazul will also collaborate in the project.
They will start from this initial experience in Havana, they allege, to “modify the way ambulances are managed” in Cuba
The joint project represents the transfer to a business entity of a service that has been in the hands of Public Health. They will start from this initial experience in Havana, they allege, to “modify the way ambulances are managed” in Cuba. “As it is consolidated, it will be extended to other provinces,” they say. MCV will handle the “maint