00:00Access to hospitals, especially among rural dwellers in Kenya, might soon be a thing of the past.
00:06The introduction of the world's first solar-powered ambulance is expected to bring much-needed medical care to the remote
00:11parts of the globe.
00:13Two-seater ambulance can reach a top speed of 120 km per hour and is designed for inaccessible off-road
00:19terrain.
00:20We were very honored that Solar Team Eindhoven approached us with their idea.
00:25They are building a solar-driven ambulance and it can really contribute to the issue that many African countries have,
00:35is that the distance between very remote villages and healthcare facilities is really big.
00:41There's little public transportation, fuel is very expensive, electricity networks are unreliable.
00:48So a really cool innovation like the Stella Juva can help us solve such big challenges in healthcare delivery.
00:53The vehicle is designed to bring healthcare to the patients rather than to transport them to hospitals.
00:59It contains testing kits for tuberculosis, cool storage for vaccines and ultrasound for pregnant women.
01:05The team plans to travel to Kenya next month to put the car through its purses.
01:10In August, we are planning to go to Kenya to test our car.
01:13So where we want to go is to go to field locations that NGO MREF Health Africa would go to.
01:19So that's places where the delivering of the health really happens.
01:24And that's, for example, on off-road, dirt roads that we need to drive on.
01:31And that's the people where this healthcare is needed most.
01:35With a range of 715 kilometers on a sunny day, the car has a solar power charge battery
01:42to ensure the vehicle and equipment works at night or when it's cloudy.
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