Instead of giving hundred per cent grant to GVK EMRI 108 service, the State Government will now provide only 95 percent grant. An MoU to this effect
will be signed on December 9 between the State Health Department and 108. Arrangements will also be made for operation audit of the ambulance service at 140 delivery points.These decisions were taken at an advisory meet of the GVK EMRI chaired by chief secretary Subhash Kumar at the Secretariat on Tuesday.
It was stated at the meeting that, soon, the location would automatically registered in Uttarakhand on calling 108. Twenty new ambulances will be deployed.
The service has so far saved the lives of 14,085 persons in the state, while assistance has been provided in 5625 delivery cases. A total of 11,87,944 calls were received, of which 85,2037 were responded to by ambulances.
On an average, seven lives were being saved every day. A call is received every 15 seconds. Every five minutes there is an emergency, child delivery case every 13 minutes and road mishap every 42 minutes.
There are 90 ‘Khushiyon ki Savari’ vehicles deployed to drop newborn children and their mothers home which has benefitted 91,516 women. Of the total 140 ambulances, 31 were relocated at the time of the recent disaster.
Present at the meeting were Additional Chief Secretary Rakesh Sharma, Principal Secretary, Health, Om Prakash, Additional Secretary, Health, D Senthil Pandiyan, CEO 108 Subodh Satyavadi, State Head 108 Manish Tinku, and other officials.