The district authorities here have launched a Special Mobile Ambulance Service (SMAS) for livestock to provide them medical aid at the doorstep.
The ambulance equipped with ultra-modern facilities like ultrasound, X-Ray and other investigation machines will reach at their doorstep to provide their animals medical aid well in time. Ajit Balaji Joshi, Jhajjar Deputy Commissioner (DC), informed that the ambulance costing amount around Rs35 lakh had been prepared with the help of Reliance Haryana (SEZ) and was handed over to Animal Husbandry Department through SRS Society. “The ambulance has hydraulic lift facility to make medical aid available hassle-free to the animals. Besides, modern ultra sound and X-Ray machines with other facilities has been provided at the ambulance to carry out various blood and dung investigations for finding out infection in the animals. Minor surgery can also be performed in the ambulance,” said Joshi, adding that veterinary doctors, on getting phone calls from animal keepers, would reach the spot immediately for giving medical aid to sick animals. The ambulance will also be useful in road mishaps causing injuries to live stocks. Now the ambulance will reach the accident spot immediately to give medical treatment to the injured live stocks, said Joshi.