Sat, Jul 5 01:05 AM
BE IT a road mishap, a complicated maternity case, or, a fire accident on the spot, medical help will now instantly reach the victims in Uttarakhand, thanks to a mobile Emergency Management Research Institute (EMRI) inaugurated by Chief Minister B.C. Khanduri at Haldwani on Wednesday. "It will be a free-of-cost 24X7 emergency service, which will be available within just 25 minutes of dialling 108, which is a toll-free number," said Dr Prem Lata Joshi, Director General, Medical, Health and Family Welfare, Uttarakhand, while referring to the mobile EMRI. "Besides, a state-of-the-art mobile hospital will also be made available in all the 13 districts of Uttarakhand by August 15," said the official Thesethese hospitals will also provide free-of-cost medical treatment, she added.
Referring to the EMRI, Joshi said that the agency will make sure victims of accidents, or any critical maternity case, are picked up from the spot and rushed to the hospital in high-tech ambulances. Stating these ambulances will be equipped with all the necessary equipment like folding stretcher, oxygen masks, cylinders of oxygen besides bottles full of intravenous fluid, the DG said the ambulances will be manned by a staff of two paramedics each.
"Altogether, 90 such ambulances will be introduced all across the state," said the official. Forty-five of these ambulances would cater to the Kumaon region, whereas the rest would be introduced in Garhwal, she added.
"Of the total 90 ambulances, 10 ambulances were flagged off by the Chief Minister while inaugurating the EMRI service," she informed. Stating that Uttarakhand is the third state after Gujarat and Andhra Pradesh where the EMRI service has been launched, the DG said the service would be run by Satyam company under the PPP (Public Private Partnership) mode.
Referring to the 10 ambulances flagged off by the Chief Minister, she said the ambulances were meant for the Nainital-Haldwani road besides Tanakpur, Champavat, Almora, Bhikyasen, Gangolihat, Joljivi, Pithoragarh. Dr Joshi said the scheme would provide timely treatment to the victims of road accidents and forest fires that frequently occur in remote areas where hardly any medical facility existed.
The scheme would also be a boon for women from the hilly areas, many of who die of pregnancy-related complications owing to lack of timely medical help. Referring to the mobile hospitals, which are likely to be introduced in Uttarakhand by August 15, the DG said they would provide medical treatment at the doorsteps.
"These state-of-the-art mobile hospitals would be equipped with facilities like ultrasound, ECG, X-Ray as well as pathology related equipment," revealed the official, adding mobile hospitals would be run by NGOs under the PPP mode. "The whole scheme would be run and monitored by the best of medical experts," Joshi told the Hindustan Times.
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