BSP Financial Group Limited (BSP) presented a cheque of K75, 000 to St John Ambulance PNG to support the redevelopment of its new National Ambulance Control Centre and help them continue with their work in aeromedical retrieval services in the country.
Of the K75,000 donation, K50, 000 will support the redevelopment of the new St John National Ambulance Call Centre and K25 000 to go towards the aeromedical evacuation Trust Fund account.
The aeromedical evacuation trust fund account is managed by St John to provide free maternal medevacs for mothers in remote areas of Western, Gulf, Central, Oro and Milne Bay.
BSP Head of Marketing and Public Relations Gorethy Semi presented the cheque to the St John Ambulance, saying BSP acknowledged the great work that St John Ambulance Services is providing for the communities.
“This is not the first time for BSP to support St John Ambulance. In 2018, we donated a K225,000 customized Emergency Response Vehicle that covered maintenance and insurance support over Five (5) years, effective from 2018 to 2022,” she said.
“We are here today to present our donation of K75,000 to continue supporting this organization’s operations that serve and save lives of our people in respective communities,” added Semi.
St John CEO Matt Cannon said, “The support from BSP, the money will be used to upgrade the uninterruptable power supply for the ambulance control center so that emergency coordination center can continue to operate without interruption during power outages.”
The remaining K25, 000 will be put into the trust fund to help us retrieve mothers and babies suffering life threatening emergencies in rural areas.
“the donation shows BSP values St John as a significant service provider in the country. This is a good step forward and we hope to see more of it happen with PNG business houses in future.