Haryana News: The state health department of Haryana would procure 129 new ambulances in the next few months. This would help the government redefine the concept of emergency response services to remote locations such as rural areas in the state.
The new vehicles would be equipped with basic life support, advanced life support and patient transport ambulances. Health officials explained that these facilities have been added to maintain the average emergency response time under duration of 10 minutes.
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Dr Yadvinder Singh, deputy director of the state’s Referral Transport Scheme, remarked that the delivery of 70 ambulances would be started by June this year by the private agency hired for the project. Singh also added that these newly PTAs and fleet of vehicles that are equipped with BLS and ALS would be delivered; around 3-4 vehicles are expected to be allocated to each district of the state.
He also commented that another set of 59 ambulances would very soon be outsourced by the state government including two ALS for each district of the state, around the same time period.
It was also remarked that all ambulances plying in each district of the state would be geo-tagged. They would have the facility of GPS-enabled tracking systems and monitoring devices while also being integrated with Dial 112/108 systems.
Present-Day Healthcare Facilities
Gurugram has 28 ambulances including 8 ALS, 10 PTAs and 7 BLS and the rest are deployed by the state government for non-emergency services.
Lokveer Singh, chief medical officer of Gurugram, remarked the state health department wants to make sure that all residents and patients get immediate coverage within 10 minutes. Singh added this can be done by strategically leveraging the ambulances in residential quarters and at high footfall areas.
The National Health Mission (NHM) data from January 2024 revealed that around 360,000 patients were transported by 598 ambulances between 2023 and 2024 with the average emergency response time remaining at 14.2 minutes.
