2 more ambulances added to the fleet of 108
PTI | 05:02 PM,Feb 17,2012Tezpur, Feb 17 (PTI) Two more ambulances added to the existing fleet of 108 operated by Assam Health department from this year, a senior official of the programme said today. Also ambulances lying defunct would be introduced in the rural and urban areas after necessary repair to reach needy patients under inter-facility transfer (IFT), Regional Manager, operations of 108 programme, Asif Rahman, under the GVK EMRI launched in the state on January 27, 2009, said. The 108 ambulance service, operated under the Assam Health Department, had received 1.13 lakh emergency calls with the 17 ambulances here attending to them till January last in Sonitpur district bordering Arunachal Pradesh, Rahman said. Kanaklata Civil Hospital superintendent Dr Anup Bhattacharjee appealed to the health department to introduce and make available extra ambulance vehicles with medical specialists at all government hospitals in case a 108 ambu service was not available to the needy patients. PTI COR ESB SUS
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