The community leaders of the mountainous areas are optimistic who, until now, have faced a significant problem regarding the response time of ambulances to emergencies, due to their remote locations.
The operation of the new Ambulance Station in the Cyclone area came to provide the solution by "relieving" several of the remote communities of the wider region and more than 2,000 residents.
Speaking to the Cyprus Times, Head of the UCYPS Ambulance Service, Riana Constantinou, explains that "we developed a network to have the easiest and most direct access possible to the specific areas in order to reduce the response time."
What is important, he said, is the fact that "at the moment a very good network has been developed with 27 different points and strategic locations, a number that demonstrates the great difference that has been created compared to the stations available in previous years".
The chronic problem with the long time required for ambulances to respond to these areas, was recently highlighted by the Cyprus Times. The report concerned an elderly woman in Prodromos who had to wait for 2.5 hours for an ambulance.
Now, the community leader of the area, Neophytos Neophytou, is optimistic that such problems will be a thing of the past and that no one will be in danger again because of this delay.
"The creation of the new station in the Kykkos area is certainly a very good move that now finds us particularly optimistic. It is important to have stations as close as possible that can respond immediately to an incident because of our difficult and remote roads," Mayor Prodromou told the Cyprus Times.
How the new station will operate and which areas it will serve
Regarding how the new ambulance station will operate in the Kykkos area, Ms. Riana Constantinou told the Cyprus Times, that a total of about 13 villages will be served, such as.
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"Of course, other stations
such as those of Moniatis, Troodos and Evrychou will also contribute to the assistance for the above-mentioned areas," Ms. Riana noted.
Increased incidents in the Troodos area
Asked to refer to the mountainous area which has increased incidents to which ambulances are called upon to respond, Ms. Constantinou said that "currently most calls are received from the Troodos area, due to the snowfall that prevails".
"In these cases, the transition of ambulances to the points is made difficult when the road network is snowy, resulting in delays and this is something that must be understood by the people," the Head of Service concluded.
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