Dubai has the world’s largest ambulance capable of carrying 123 patients at once
- Dubai has the world’s largest ambulance
- Based on a Mercedes bus, it was built specifically to set a Guinness World Record
- It is 20.3 meters long, with room for 123 patients
Published on Jul 17, 2024 at 6:53 PM (UTC+4)
by Alessandro Renesis
Last updated on Jul 18, 2024 at 6:35 PM (UTC+4)
Edited by
Tom Wood
Dubai can count on the world’s largest ambulance.
It’s based on a Mercedes-Benz bus and believe it or not it was actually built specifically to set this record.
It is over 20 meters long and it’s big enough to transport up to 123 people.
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The vehicles is based on a Mercedes-Benz Citaro and it’s 20.3 meters long – or 66.6 feet.
Even though this one was built for the record, Dubai has indeed used ‘regular’ long buses as ambulances in the past.
Two buses measuring 12 meters long and one articulated bus measuring 18 meters in length have sometimes been used as large-capacity emergency vehicles in Dubai.
The first version is designed as a mobile intensive care unit, while the other is used for patients and victims with less severe injuries.
A new record for Dubai
A lot of people would naturally assume that most of the records that Dubai holds are related to value and money.
For the most part, they would be right; that’s exactly it.
Dubai is where the world’s most expensive sim card and most expensive number plate were sold.
But the city holds other records, too.
It is home to the world’s tallest skyscraper, Burj Khalifa, and also world’s longest cantilevered building, the One Za’abeel.
The new structure comprises two skyscrapers standing 235 meters and 305 meters tall respectively.
These two skyscrapers are connected by a unique horizontal bridge called ‘The Link’, floating 100 meters above ground.
This is the Guinness World Record-worthy part, because no one had ever attempted to build something like that at 100 meters above ground.
Mind you, this is more than just showboating.
Nikken Sekkei, the company that built it, said that The Link enhances safety and mitigates wind-driven sway, which is a constant headache when it comes to tall buildings.
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