On Friday July 25th three health support vehicles were handed over to the Dr. Otto Rodriguez San Pedro Polyclinic II. The tuk-tuks, as they are commonly referred to, are a part of a donation made to the Government of Belize by the government of Dubai, United Emirates in April.
Three tuk-tuks were assigned to San Pedro and almost three months after it was first announced, they are finally in the hands of the clinic. During the time leading up to the handing over, the tuk-tuks were sitting at the San Pedro Town Council Barracks, as reported in Issue #23, Vol.24 of The San Pedro Sun Newspaper on Thursday July 5th. When asked why the handing over was prolonged,Area Representative and Minister of Tourism, Culture and Civil Aviation Honorable Manuel Heredia Jr. said “ We wanted to oil underneath the vehicles, to give it good maintenance,[and a] power wash as well so as to have everything in proper order before it was given to the polyclinic.”
