Dehradun
Buoyed by the success of the emergency Dial 108 scheme, Uttarakhand Health Minister Ramesh Pokhariyal Nishank today said the service will be expanded in remote areas of the hill state.
The scheme was last year launched by Uttarakhand government in collaboration with Emergency Management and Research Institute (EMRI), a private company.
Under the scheme, EMRI, as a nodal agency, has been given ambulances, which are equipped with paramedical staff, police personnel, fire brigade personnel, life saving drugs, oxygen cylinders and first-aid materials.
Nishank said a total of 350 children were born in the past nine months in these ambulances at various places in the state. Keeping in view the tough terrain and vulnerability of the hill state of Uttarakhand during natural calamities and road accidents, where several people die due to their inaccessibility to quick and timely medical aid, this service is proving to be a boon, said Nishank.
Uttarakhand is the first state in the North India to implement this kind of scheme.
Source: http://www.indopia.in/India-usa-uk-news/latest-news/503696/National/1/20/1
Buoyed by the success of the emergency Dial 108 scheme, Uttarakhand Health Minister Ramesh Pokhariyal Nishank today said the service will be expanded in remote areas of the hill state.
The scheme was last year launched by Uttarakhand government in collaboration with Emergency Management and Research Institute (EMRI), a private company.
Under the scheme, EMRI, as a nodal agency, has been given ambulances, which are equipped with paramedical staff, police personnel, fire brigade personnel, life saving drugs, oxygen cylinders and first-aid materials.
Nishank said a total of 350 children were born in the past nine months in these ambulances at various places in the state. Keeping in view the tough terrain and vulnerability of the hill state of Uttarakhand during natural calamities and road accidents, where several people die due to their inaccessibility to quick and timely medical aid, this service is proving to be a boon, said Nishank.
Uttarakhand is the first state in the North India to implement this kind of scheme.
Source: http://www.indopia.in/India-usa-uk-news/latest-news/503696/National/1/20/1
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