Ziqitza Health Care ltd (ZHl), on Saturday launched 16 Janani Ambulance services in Sagar district to provide emergency health care services to pregnant women and new born babies.

The launch of the Janani Express Ambulances took place under the Integrated Emergency Medical Ambulance Services (EMAS) in Madhya Pradesh under a common three digit number “108”. Janani  Express is a safe motherhood intervention under the National Rural Health Mission (NHM). It is being implemented with the objective of reducing maternal and neonatal mortality by promoting institutional delivery among pregnant women.

In addition to Sagar, the service has also been launched in Damoh, Narsinghpur, Ratlam, Raisen, Jabalpur, Katni, Shahjapur, Bhind, Vidhisha, Agar Malwa, Khargoan, Seoni  Rewa among other districts. From these districts, anyone can call 108 in an emergency from anywhere at any time 24 x 7 and they will be assisted. There are 498 Janani ambulances on road across 37 districs in Madhya Pradesh.

On the launch, Naresh Jain, CEO, Ziqitza Health Care limited said, “With this launch we have covered 37 districts in Madhya Pradesh and hope to work stedfast into the other regions of the state. Janani Express has been instrumental in providing quality pre-hospital care for pregnant women and infants and we hope to work closely with the state government to ensure timely assistance through our EMS service.”

108 Control and Dispatch Centre (CDC) is set-up in Bhopal to handle all the Janani calls. 108 is a Toll-Free number which is accessible from any landline or mobile. All the Janani ambulances are equipped with GPS technology which enables the CDC to locate the ambulances in shortest possible time.