Mon, Sep 1 01:30 AM
Emergencies resulting from road accidents, natural disasters, medical complications and crimes often turn fatal in a hilly state like Uttarakhand due to poor roads and remoteness of healthcare facilities. In order to reduce such deaths and to provide free emergency response service to citizens, Uttarakhand government signed a memorandum of understanding with the Emergency Management Research Institute in March this year.
The service available through the toll free number 108, which has been able to provide relief to hundreds of residents faced with medical, police and fire emergencies, completes 108 days in Uttarakhand on Monday. "Till now 108 had a fleet of 30 well-equipped ambulances across the state.
On Monday 15, more vehicles would be included. Soon another 45 more ambulances would be put into service across Garhwal and Kumaon," said Health Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank.
At present, there are 95 emergency medical technicians, 79 drivers and a support staff of over 53 professionals, 17 communication officers and eight dispatch officers for the ambulance services. "We have a tie-up with 307 hospitals in the state to provide free emergency medical care to victims.
By the end of this year, another 300 more professionals would join," informed Anoop Nautiyal, CEO, EMRI. He added that over 8,000 emergency calls have been received till now and 50 per cent of them were answered in less than two seconds and the rest answered with four seconds. Till date over 4,000 victims have been provided free emergency medical care by the ambulance service and nearly 1,500 police cases routed through the emergency response centre.
"We have been able to save the lives of over 750 road accident victims and provide help to 760 patients suffering from pregnancy related complications across the state," said Nautiyal.
Source : HindustanTimes.com
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