By: Vijay Kumar Verma, Editor-ICN Group
Himachal becomes the first State of North India and 4th state in the country to have Bike Ambulance Service
SHIMLA: Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur today launched “108 Bike Ambulance Service” from H.P. Vidhan Sabha Complex today by flagging-off two Bike Ambulances, thereby making Himachal the first State in the Northern India to have this service.
This service would be implemented on PPP mode by GVK, EMRI Speaking on the occasion Jai Ram Thakur said that the Service had been launched in view the geographical conditions of the State. It had been observed that many a times the 108 Ambulance Van could not reach the spot due to traffic congestion in Shimla town or due to non-availability of proper ambulance roads.
He told that the bike ambulance service would supplement the functional 108 National Ambulance Service. He told that the Service, in 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 equipments and medicines etc.
He said that on receiving 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.
The Bike Ambulance Service on reaching the spot, would provide first aid to the patient and thereafter, if required, call the 108 Ambulance Van.
He said that Himachal Pradesh was only the fourth State in the country after Tamilnadu, Karnataka and Goa to start this Bike Ambulance Service.
