{"id":45362,"date":"2019-07-24T10:48:41","date_gmt":"2019-07-24T14:48:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/?p=45362"},"modified":"2019-07-24T10:48:41","modified_gmt":"2019-07-24T14:48:41","slug":"health-minister-wants-to-ban-toyota-vitz","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/health-minister-wants-to-ban-toyota-vitz\/","title":{"rendered":"Health Minister Wants To Ban Toyota Vitz"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Health Minister Molwyn Joseph, is calling on the Antigua and Barbuda government to ban the importation of the Toyota Vitz vehicle, describing it as a \u201cpublic health issue\u201d.<\/p>

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Joseph has linked the vehicle to a number of serious accidents involving young people, adding \u201cit is a public health problem costing the government a lot of money to respond.<\/p>\n

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\u201c\u201dWe cannot when we have these young people with spinal injuries say \u201coh it is their problem, they must drive more carefully,\u201d he said, although he provided no definitive figures to back his claim..<\/p>

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Joseph told legislators that the vehicle \u201chas an engine that is more powerful than the body of the vehicle. So that what happens is, when these young people drive these vehicles, it\u2019s like they are sliding on air, so they don\u2019t feel the traction of the road for them to feel how fast the vehicle is going\u201d.<\/p>

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He said to underscore the seriousness of the situation, people would have to work more closely with the emergency room personnel at Mount St. John\u2019s Medical Centre to understand the urgency needed to deal with the matter.<\/p>\n

Joseph said that he had first brought up the issue of banning the importation of the vehicle with Attorney general, Steadroy Benjamin after three consecutive accidents involving the Toyota Vitz.<\/p>

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\u201cI called the AG and said listen, let\u2019s just ban this thing from coming into the country, Just ban it,\u2019 Joseph said, adding that while the government was not against people being in possession of their own vehicles, these cars must however be safe.<\/p>\n

Benjamin said that the matter would be discussed at the level of Cabinet.<\/p>

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