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SOLAR POWERED MOBILE CLINIC & AMBULANCE
VEHICLE (MOCLAV)
Innopia is a locally established
engineering firm engaged in Design and
Manufacture of tailor-made products
that can improve life of our society.
Currently Innopia focusses on Three
sectors:–

–
–

Health
•
Mobile Clinic, production
and sales
•
Clinical Furniture,
production and sales
•
Medical Gauze - production
and sales
Textile
Electronics

January , 2014

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(C) 2014 INNOPIA Electromechanical Solutions PLC , Enat Tower 9 floor, Kazanchis, Addis Ababa, ETHIOPIA
Tel. (251) 935 986152/53 , (251) 931 153026, (251) 911 693883, Email: innovationethiopia@gmail.com, WEB: http://innopias.wordpress.com

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INTRODUCTION
Ethiopia is one of the least urbanized countries in the world; with as much as 80% of the population residing in rural areas. The
dispersed dwelling of the population and lack of utilities in these areas (Electric power, water supply, and Waste disposal) has made
it challenging to deliver health services such as Maternity care, Vaccination and Reproductive health. Exceptionally pressing is the
difficulty of providing Perinatal and postnatal care for women and infants in rural areas (including delivery).
Usually, patients are carried to health centers either on horseback or carried by people. This is not a safe way for a pregnant woman;
nor is it taken as appropriate [by the society] to carry a ‘healthy’ woman regularly to health center. So women have to travel long
distance (>5km) to nearby health centers if they seek prenatal care. Meeting a doctor (an obstetrician) requires travelling even longer
to nearby towns. After birth, also, a woman has to travel the distance carrying the infant on her back. This is a serious
discouragement for mothers in rural areas and significantly contributes to maternal and child morbidity.
Under the Health Extension Program, the Ministry of Health has been putting huge effort to avail health care and ambulance services
to rural communities. Due to the highly dispersed dwelling pattern and poor transport infrastructure, however, it has become difficult
to increase access and utilization of health services. It is even more challenging to address the health problem in pastoralist areas,
where the population is highly mobile. So the traditional approach of opening clinics alone is not sufficient to make health services
accessible nationwide.
MoCLAV is a mobile clinic built on a heavy-duty truck and furnished with all the facility required to provide medical service inside. The
mobile clinic can accommodate a doctor, a laboratory technician and a patient inside. It enables medical team to travel to remote
areas easily and deliver health services. With all equipment inside, the vehicle can be used as diagnostic or treatment room at any
location. Health officers can use MoCLAV to reach out to patients in remote villages and provide health service in-house or invillage. Since MoCLAV is equipped with proper communication and signaling equipment, it can be used as an ambulance in the
event of emergency.

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FACILITIES
The Mobile Clinic is manufactured locally by retrofitting a standard truck in CabChassis form. The first work is to create a comfortable treatment room on the
truck cargo. Then after, it is fitted with required Clinical Furniture, Medical
Equipment, Electrical System and Sanitary System. The following are major
facilities provided by the mobile clinic.
1. Room (Floor, Wall and Roof): Exterior of the compartment is built from
sheet metal and painted. For the interior, various options are available
depending on the customer’s need (PVC, Fiber glass, timber or composite).
The wall is built to have proper thermal and sound insulation. Additional
treatment is made to make all walls water proof.
2. Door: A gate with double door has been provided as
primary entrance to the clinic for patients as well as
medical staff. One of the doors is used only move
stretcher/ patient bed directly into and out of the mobile clinic. There is a
foldable aluminum stair with four steps which can be collapsed during travel
and stretched when parked.

3. Furniture: Once the compartment is established on the truck, the required
furniture is put in place. The following furniture are required.
 Seat and Work station for the physician.
 Patient Bed/ Delivery Coach/ Examination
chair

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 Stretcher with docking mechanism on the
vehicle.
 Laboratory

desk

with

basic

diagnostic

equipment.


Shelf and mini refrigerator for medicines,
vaccines, reagents and equipment.

 Clinical sterilizer
 Waiting tent that accommodates 20 people.
 Detachable Carry-on toilet for stool test and
emergency.

4. Room Conditioning: To make it appropriate for medical service, the room should have conditioned environment (Temperature, Ventilation,
and Lighting). Two lockable windows have been provided in order to allow air circulation and natural light in the room. Electrical lamps are
also provided for additional lighting. In case the need arises, there is a provision for a small air conditioning unit.
In order to allow medical service delivery even in the absence of utilities, the Mobile Clinic has been fitted with standalone Electrical Power, Water
Supply and Waste Disposal Systems. Tailored solutions that can be fitted to the vehicle have been developed.
I. Electrical Power supply: Electrical power is required to operate
some Diagnostic and sterilization devices. Power is required for
communication, signaling and Data recording also. A laptop is
expected to be available for use by medical personnel. In order to
power all these equipment, Custom-made Solar Power System has
been developed. Solar panels on the vehicle roof collect energy and
store it in a battery bank. The energy stored in the battery is used for
buffering as well as for night time operation. All required elements

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such as charge controller, Inverter and power outlets have been
installed and tested.
II. Water Supply & Waste Disposal: To satisfy mandatory need for clean
water, a food grade water tanker has been built from stainless steel sheet
and installed. Water flow from the tanker is controlled by a gate valve.
Three water outlets have been provided – one at laboratory desk, one for
hand wash and one is a hose for washing the patient. Waste accumulation
and disposal mechanism is equally important. Aluminum sink and sewage
tank for waste water and other fluid waste are basic requirements. The
sewage tank should be air tight with no risk of contamination. We have
designed a compact sewage tank with safe intake and disposal
mechanism.

III. Signaling, Communication and Data recorders (Optional): Another category of
devices required in MoCLAV are electronic equipment that improves its accessibility
and safety. Siren and beacon light are installed to MOCLAV as signaling
mechanism, especially when it is used as an ambulance. The primary means of
communication to be installed in MOCLAV is cell phone with solar charger. Radio
and Satellite communication can also be installed to allow communication at remote
locations. Other optional features include GPS tracker and Data logger.

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PRODUCT LINE

MODEL

SHALLA

CHAMO

TURKANA

PLATFORM TRUCK

ISUZU-QKR

ISUZU-NPR

ISUZU-FSR

PAYLOAD (CARRYING CAPACITY)

2 ton

3 ton

6 ton

FLOOR AREA

9.3 M

ROOM HEIGHT

2

11.0 M

2.0 M

2

14.0 M

2.0 M

2

2.2 M

OPTIONS & CUSTOMIZATIONS
NO
1

FEATURE
Platform Truck

OPTIONS
ISUZU QKR/ ISUZU NPR/ ISUZU FSR / *

* Any other truck proposed by the Customer
may be considered

2

Wall Interior Material

PVC Tile/ Fiber Glass/ Timber/ Composite

3

Electrical Power Capacity

Continuous (300 watt – 1000 watt)
Peak (1,500 watt – 5,000 watt)

4

Clean Water Tanker Volume

200 liter – 600 liter

5

Sewage Tank Volume


6

Refrigerator Capacity


7

Treatment Furniture

Bed / Delivery Coach

8

Air Conditioner

Yes / No

9

Detachable carry-on Toilet

yes / No

10

Tent (Waiting Area)

Yes / No

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