108 Ambulance Service

      In the country due to lack of dedicated ambulance service often score of peoples lost there lives which can be saved if victims/patients get immediate medical help, in the big cities of the country private hospitals have ambulance service which reaches in few minutes at the spot but only at limited radius around hospitals, still majority of the public in the country have to look sources for the victims to get medical help. Happily in Punjab state just recently Health department of Punjab comes up with idea to provide ambulance services to the residents of Punjab and soon state will have unique, toll free number, 108 Ambulance Service, which will be operated from health training institute situated at Circular Road, Amritsar. First it will start its operation from Amritsar District from end of March month this year and gradually will increase its network across state and have plan to reach at any spot of state within fifteen to twenty five minutes and beauty of this project is that it will be accessible by the residents of Punjab free of cost.
     With the initiatives of Health Minster, Punjab Laxmikant Chawla, soon Punjab state will have dedicated ambulance service for the residents of state by name 108 Ambulance Service and people can get services’ of ambulance by dialing toll free 108 from any landline phones or cell service providers and adding cake on ice 108 Ambulance Service will also be free, in the beginning it will be started from Amritsar district from the end of this month, it will be operated from Circular Road, Amritsar through health training centre, right now Amritsar district get ten vehicles and it will be increase to twenty five in next six months. In the project, Crores of rupees have spent to get one hundred vehicles and other facilities to start the project. These vehicles will be equipped with ultra modern facilities and as per plan these vehicles will reach at any spot across state in few minutes. Department has awarded contract to private firm which is already in operational in country’s few states and there experience will help to give services’ efficiently right from word go. As per words of deputy medical officer, Amritsar get ten vehicles and soon fleet will increase to twenty five and same way other districts of the state are also getting 108 Ambulance Service vehicles and in the span of six months period it will touch one hundred. Every 108 Ambulance Service will assist with medical technician who will take care of patient and help him/her to reach hospital safe and in case medical technician will find any difficulty in taking care of patient then he/she can get help from emergency response care physicians it will help medical technician to take care of patients. Soon staff will also recruited and trained He further adds that this service will be available to the public of the state round the clock and after taking patient to the hospitals, medical technicians will give details to the doctor relating to patient so that patient get desire medical help immediately from doctor without wasting valuable critical time.
     So from March month onwards Amritsar district will have facilities of 108 Ambulance Service, which can render its services free of cost to the public by dialing from any cell or landline services which is toll free number to call, and in coming months 108 Ambulance Service will spread network across whole state and then at any spot it will reach within fifteen to twenty five minutes. It’s applaudable efforts of health minister of Punjab and now valuable lives can be saved which was lack of ambulance and medical help were major obstacles.