Quote from: Lucius on May 11, 2024, 10:48:06 AM

@derBowler, if it's not a secret, how much does a fully equipped ambulance actually cost? I'm asking purely out of curiosity, of course Wink

Hello,

No, it's not a secret - on the contrary, it shows that we are working on it.

Almost 300,000 euros were collected in the first ambulance project, which enabled six vehicles to be bought, refurbished and various medicines and medical equipment to be purchased.

Report on the first project with the collaboration:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T_rlrt0rnVQ

Of course, there are also transportation costs, fuel (diesel) for approx. 2700 km per vehicle and catering for all the volunteers and drivers.
Such an ambulance has a fuel consumption of approx. 10 to 12 liters per 100 km and weighs approx. 5.5 tons when fully equipped; they are not built for long distances but for quick trips in the city.

Since we as an aid organization have to replace the vehicles again and again and we can then sell them ourselves, we don't have a dealer in between and so an expert opinion is then drawn up on the vehicle and then we buy it from the respective organizations, of course at a low value since everyone wants to help us.

But nevertheless, depending on the equipment (ambulance, emergency aid, intensive care equipment or obstetrics), such a vehicle still costs us several 10k euros or, to put it another way, for just under one Bitcoin at the current exchange rate you can get a complete ambulance fully equipped with various medicines and life-sustaining equipment including transport to the destination plus various additional medical supplies, as we do not travel to Ukraine with the vehicles empty.

Yes, it is a lot of money, but what does freedom cost, a healthy life without fear and suffering?

I hope I was able to bring you a little transparency here again to show this and we can continue to count on any support.

Greetings Tim