The Madhya Pradesh Human Rights Commission (MPHRC) has made several recommendations over delay in service or noshow by the 108 ambulances after getting information, including that the compensation amount be recovered from the employee concerned.
Observing the increasing cases of the 108 ambulances not reaching in time the MPHRC has made several recommendations.
The Commission also said in its recommendations that if a patient dies due to 108 ambulances not reaching in time without any valid reason than the compensation amount in such cases should be recovered from the employee concerned.
The Commission also made recommendation that the 108 ambulances should be monitored at the level of Chief Medical and Health Officer (CMHO) so that they could take proper steps to make the 108 ambulances and Janani Suraksha Ambulances reach at the spot where the need is.
The Commission while hearing incidences of Mandla, Rewa, Jabalpur, Datia, Singrauli, Sehore, Vidisha, Satna, Betul, Sagar, Chhatarpur etc observed that serious conditions developed as the 108 ambulances did not reached in time. Money was demanded from the relatives of patients and they were embraced. The ambulance drivers left the patients somewhere else due to that the patients and their relatives were made to face difficult situations.
The MPHRC has taken cognisance over the incidence of a handicapped person dragging about 50 metre to reach the Collector in Shajapur Collectorate.
As per the incidence, 75-year-old handicapped Jagannath went to Collectorate on Tuesday to made complaint that he is not receiving pension.