In a novel gesture the Mahant Indiresh Hospital here has started free bus services which would transport patients on three routes of the State capital.
The Medical Superintendent of the hospital, Dr Vinay Rai said that the buses would bring patients to the hospital for treatment and then take them back in the evening. He said that these buses would ply on all week days except holidays.
Dr Rai said that free bus service was initiated from the premises of Shri Mahant Indiresh Hospital by the hospital's Chairman Mahant Devendra Das recently.
The buses would ply on three routes; on first route the bus will start from Kulhal bridge (Paonta Sahib border). This bus will ferry the patients from the areas of Dharmawala, Sabhawala, Sherpur, Singhniwala, Naya Gaon Palio, Barowala, Majra, and in the evening will leave back the patients in these areas. On second route the bus will start from Dakpathar Bus Stand. It will reach Mahant Indiresh Hospital taking patients from Vikasnagar, Herbertpur, Selaqui, Bhauwala, Prem Nagar, Panditwari, Vasant Vihar and GMS Road. On route number three the bus will start from Goolarghati. It would serve the patients of Balawala, Miyanwala, Mohkampur Market, Majri Mafi, Gorakhpur, Nawada, Deep Nagar, Doon University, Mothrowala, Bengali Kothi, Kargi Chowk and in the evening will leave the patients back in these areas.
Dr Vinay Rai said that the bus service is being launched on the demand of the people and would help the patients belonging to poor sections of the society.