Himachal gets bike Ambulance Service; to provide medical facilities at earliest in hilly areas

NewsBharati    02-Apr-2018
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Shimla, April 2: In a bid to provide medical facilities at the earliest in the hilly areas of Himachal Pradesh, Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur on Monday launched 108 bike Ambulance Service. Notably, Himachal now became the first state in Northern India to launch the bike Ambulance Service.

 

Himachal CM Jai Ram Thakur launched 108 Bike Ambulance Service from H.P. Vidhan Sabha Complex today by flagging-off two Bike Ambulances. This service would be implemented in PPP mode by GVK, EMRI. Speaking on the occasion CM Jai Ram Thakur said that the bike ambulance service would supplement the already functional 108 National Ambulance Service.

He further noted that the Bike Ambulance Service has been launched in the State, keeping in view the geographical conditions of the State. He said it was felt that many a time it became difficult for 108 Ambulance service to reach the spot due to traffic congestion in Shimla town or due to non-availability of proper ambulance roads.

The Chief Minister stated that the Service in the first phase, would be implemented, in Shimla town and thereafter replicated in other parts of the State. The Chief Minister said that 108 Bike Ambulance Service, also known as First Response Bike, would go a long way, in providing better 108 Ambulance Services, to the patients and accident victims.

He said that the 108 Bike Ambulance, would be equipped with, first aid kit such as medical equipment and medicines etc. He said that on receiving a call on 108 in Shimla city, the Emergency Response Officer (ERO) would ascertain whether it would be appropriate to send an Ambulance or a Bike ambulance, keeping in view, the seriousness of the patients as well as, the topography of the concerned area.

Jai Ram Thakur said that the Bike Ambulance Service on reaching the spot, would provide first aid to the patient and thereafter, if required, call the regular 108 Ambulance. He, in the end, said that Himachal Pradesh was only the fourth State in the country after Tamilnadu, Karnataka and Goa to start this Bike Ambulance Service.