A different type of Citroen car spare is likely to be needed in the brand’s new Relay-based bariatric ambulances.

The company now provides two such motors along with a dispatch-based bariatric support vehicle which are specifically for patients who weigh in excess of 50 stone.

AST Ambulance director, Tony Hannigan, explains: "This year and next year AST Ambulance will be investing a total approaching £1 million in bariatric vehicles to meet a growing need in the National Health Service. For this operation the Relay offers significant operational advantages."

Mr Hannigan highlighted that the bariatrics offer improved inside width and are a lower height for loading. In comparison to the service’s other motors the Relays are coming out at four to five mpg more economical.

This type if ambulance comes in at a cost of £50,000, having reinforced loading ramps, special stretchers and removable seating as a result of being converted by Oughtred & Harrison – part of a wider company which has specialised in freight forwarding and shipping since 1919.

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