Hyderabad, Aug 1 (IANS) :
Telangana Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao on Tuesday flagged off 466 emergency vehicles here. The vehicles flagged off at People’s Plaza on the banks of Hussain Sagar Lake include 204 ambulances (108 services), 228 Ammavodi vehicles (102), and 34 Free Hearse vehicles. State Home Minister T. Harish Rao said these vehicles will further strengthen the emergency healthcare services towards achieving the goal of Arogya Telangana. He said these vehicles will reach patients quickly and ensure that their medical needs are attended to. The minister said at the time of the formation of Telangana, the state had 316 ambulances and now the number has increased to 455. In the past, there was one 108 vehicle for one lakh people but today one vehicle is available for every 75,000 people. He stated that the average
response time for 108 ambulances has come down to 15 minutes from earlier 30 minutes.”In 2014,
there were no Advanced Life Support (ALS) ambulances but today every district has one such ambulance. At the time of the formation of the state, there were no ambulances for newborns but today there is one such ambulance in every district. Amm avodi vehicles are providing services to 4,000 pregnant women every day while 108 vehicles are catering to 2,000 people.
