The Hamad Medical Corporation and the Lusail Real Estate Development Company have officially opened Lusail City’s fully-equipped ambulance standby station.“The new station contributes a lot to the enhancement of our services around the Lusail area and neighbouring districts north of Doha and along the north coastal road,” said HMC Ambulance Service assistant executive director Brendon Morris.“We are implementing a new navigation system for the new ambulances and it would not be possible without redistributing ambulance standby stations in Qatar. “Lusail’s initiative has helped us do that, as more than 22 ambulance standby stations are now distributed around the country,” He conveyed HMC’s appreciation for the efforts of Lusail to help protect the lives of residents and promote their well-being saying: “Thanks to the strict safety rules in place at Lusail, it is not often that an ambulance is called out here, despite massive construction activities taking place here.”Lusail Real Estate Development Company chief executive officer Engr Essa Mohamed Ali Kaldari had a different take on the new station: “The purpose of this station is not only to protect those in Lusail but to help HMC reduce its response time to reports of accidents by redistributing standby stations so that a greater area of Doha is covered in a minimal time span.”Present at the inauguration of the standby station were Lusail Real Estate Development Company Health, Safety, Security and Environment director Engr Salem Rashid al-Kuwari, the Ambulance Service operations manager for special events and public relations Khalid Shaheen, Ambulance Service operations managers Ali Darwish and Omar Al Khamiri, senior supervisor Mohamed Shakir and Ambulance Service facility director Fathi Adlan. Lusail and Qatari Diar have collaborated in restoring the building that would house the ambulance service as well as preparing an easy-access road.