The Himachal Government will start free 102 ambulance services under Janani Shishu Suraksha Yojna. This service will be launched on Children’s Day on November 14 and will be available with the toll free number 102.
The MoU was signed between Himachal Director National Health Mission, Hans Raj Sharma and Director of GVK EMRI K Krishnam Raju, in the presence of state Health Minister Kaul Singh Thakur on Tuesday.
Kaul Singh Thakur said that the State Government had decided to provide free back drop facility to all pregnant women and new born babies upto one year of age. Under this scheme, 125 such ambulances would provide facility to the pregnant women, women after delivery and sick children upto the age of one year from the date of birth.
He said that one vehicle each would be stationed at all the 116 identified delivery points in the state and additional 9 vehicles would be deployed at delivery points with heavy load, as per
the need.
The Health Minister said that this free service would promote institutional deliveries which in turn would go a long way in further reducing the Maternal and Infant Mortality rate in the state.
He said that already operational National Ambulance service 108, had been providing emergency services to the people of the state and with the introduction of 102 back drop service, a new feather had been added to the health sector in Himachal.