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  • Telangana: 200 new ‘108’ ambulances to replace existing ones

    Telangana: 200 new ‘108’ ambulances to replace existing ones

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    Telangana: 200 new '108' ambulances to replace existing ones

    Hyderabad: Telangana government will be replacing the existing old ‘108’ ambulances (that operated for more than three lakh kilometres to date) with 200 new ones.

    The 108 Emergency Response Service, primarily designed to attend to patients of critical care, trauma and accident victims is a free service providing integrated medical, police and fire emergency services.

    It is a one-stop solution for all three major emergencies and aims to simplify the services by bringing them to one desk.

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    State health minister T Harish Rao while responding to a request made by Munipally MPP Shailaja said that he had conducted a review meeting in Hyderabad on the ‘108’ ambulance services.

    Shailaja had urged the minister to replace the old ambulance in her mandal, during the Zilla Parishad meeting on Tuesday to which Harish Rao responded positively saying that the health department has already ordered 200 new ambulances.

    “The ambulances will be deployed into service within 45 days,” said Harish Rao who later on participated in Mahatma Jyotirao Phule’s birth anniversary celebrations in Sangareddy.

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    ( With inputs from www.siasat.com )

  • SDH Uri Left With Only 3 Ambulances, All 4 in Medical Block, As 7 Ambulances Scrapped Last Month

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    Uri, Mar 14 (GNS): Sub-District Hospital (SDH) Uri in north Kashmir’s Baramulla district is left with only three ambulances, even as the whole medical block total four vehicles, after seven ambulances were scrapped by the authorities last month.

    A health official at SDH Uri told GNS that they are facing huge difficulties in managing the things, particularly with regard to referral of patients as there is an acute dearth of ambulances in the medical block. “There are only three ambulances available at SDH Uri and one ambulance at NTPHC Kamalkote Uri”, he said adding all in all there is a total of four ambulances available in the whole Medical block – Uri.

    He said the ambulances of PHC Mohura, NTPHC Garkote, NTPHC Nambla and NTPHC Isham and 3 of SDH Uri were condemned last month and all these ambulances were sent back to the department.

    He further said Medical Block Uri consists of almost 40 health centers and these centres are located in far off villages of Uri. “In emergency cases when an ambulance goes from SDH Uri to bring patients from different health centers or villages and if a patient needs to be shifted for further treatment, he is shifted from Uri but the patients too are suffering due to shortage of ambulances”, he said.

    He said that even as Block Medical Officer (BMO) has intimated the issue to higher ups, there is nothing being done regarding the matter as of now.

    Meanwhile a delegation of locals told GNS that Uri town is one of the far-off hamlets of Kashmir and Sub-division Uri which spans over 100 plus villages and majority of the population are living in tough terrain due to hilly area with nearly 40 villages of the Uri located on Line of Control.

    They said if the government has introduced many schemes regarding better medical facilities, then why is a remote area(s) like Uri being neglected. “We frequently witness road accidents and wild animal attacks, so in such a scenario availability of prompt ambulance services becomes altogether important”, they said.

    Meanwhile the higher-ups did not respond to any calls despite repeated attempts made by GNS. (GNS)

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    ( With inputs from : thegnskashmir.com )

  • Accident-prone Ramban receives 3 fully-loaded AC-fitted ambulances from NHAI

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    Ramban, Feb 24: Ramban administration on Thursday received three fully-loaded AC-fitted Critical Care (CC) ambulances from the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) to cater to the NH-44 related emergencies, officials informed.

    An official told the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO) that three AC-fitted Critical Care ambulances were provided to the district administration Ramban to cater to the national highway-related emergencies, thereby saving people’s lives.

    These ambulances will be stationed at Chamalwas, Ramsooand Chanderkote along the route, he said, adding that people have to call the helpline number for quick response.

    He said the highway in Ramban is prone to accidents and the ambulances can help save lives.

    Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP), Ramban, MohitaSharma also tweeted: “1033 – MEDICAL EMERGENCY NUMBER to call these newly inducted critical care ambulances on National Highway in case of an accident. Provided by NHAI.”—(KNO)

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    ( With inputs from : roshankashmir.net )