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Ambulance service launched under Arogya kavacha scheme in Mysore
Mysore, Nov 10: A fleet of six fully-equipped ambulances were pressed into service in Mysore on Saturday, Nov 8 to shift critically ill patients to hospital under the State Government"s Arogya Kavacha Scheme.
The ambulances, fitted with the necessary medical equipment to deal with emergencies such as oxygen containers, blood pressure monitoring apparatus, stretcher and paramedical staff, can now be summoned by calling the toll free number 108. The ambulance, which will be available round-the-clock anywhere in Mysore district, is expected to reach the caller in 20 minutes.
Out
of
the
12
ambulances
allotted
to
Mysore
district
under
the
Arogya
Kavacha
scheme,
six
were
commissioned
on
Saturday
at
a
function
organised
at
J
K
Grounds
here.
The
remaining
six
ambulances
are
expected
to
be
pressed
into
service
by
the
end
of
next
month
or
in
the
first
week
of
January,
2009.
Mysore district Zilla Panchayat president K Marigowda flagged off the ambulances in the presence of MLAs Satyanarayana, H P Manjunath and S.R. Mahesh, besides MLC Thontadarya and Deputy Commissioner P. Manivannan.
Health and Family Welfare Department officials said the ambulances could be summoned by calling toll free number 108 from a landline or a mobile phone without dialling the required STD code. The ambulances, termed as 'hi-tech' by the officials, are also fitted with Geographical Position System (GPS) with the Control Room in Bangalore.
The ambulances, which will be stationed in the jurisdiction of select police stations in the city, besides K R Hospital, will be dispatched to the destination of the patient by the control room.
The State Government has introduced the ambulance service in association with Emergency Management and Research Institute (EMRI), Secunderabad.
The
ambulance
service
can
be
summoned
not
only
for
medical
emergencies,
but
also
in
the
event
of
crime,
theft,
fights,
bodily
offences
and
fire
emergencies
such
as
burns,
outbreak
of
fire
and
industrial
fire
hazards.
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