Forest Minister Gaurishankar Shejwar unveiled an ambulance for making available health facilities for Hoshangabad’s people and wildlife on Tuesday. The ambulance has been made available by Keshar Terminal and Infrastructure Group.
Its key was presented to Shejwar by Keshar Group’s Director Dev Kumar Gupta. Principal Secretary Forests AP Shrivastava and Principal Chief Conservator of Forests Anil Oberoi were also present on the occasion.
Shejwar said that forest staff works in remote villages. They should partner efforts to improve rural living standard. For this, health services can be expanded through special project under Joint Forest Management.
Forest staff should imparted training for this. Group’s Director Gupta informed that rehabilitation of villagers in Satpura tiger reserve has been done in a better way. He said that doctors, paramedical staff and forest staff on board the ambulance would organise camps on a given route everyday and make available health services.
Information technology branch of Forest Department has developed software for this. The ambulance will have data about people and connectivity facility. Data from ambulance will be transmitted to departmental server. With its help, health check-ups of forest dwellers will be made and information about complicated diseases collected every three months. Serious patients would be treated through Ayurvedic, homoeopathic and allopathic systems of medicine.