In a high-level meeting on Thursday, the Delhi Cabinet approved the Scheme for providing ‘Home to Hospital Care’ to the people of Delhi by Centralized Accident & Trauma Services (CATS). The approved proposal will start the scheme to provide free “Home to Hospital Care” emergency medical response ambulance services to the people of Delhi.
The State Government has analysed various issues in the health sector identified for up gradation and implementing the scheme ‘Home to Hospital Care’. “We will procure 110 new ambulances and setting up modern and state of the art Control Room in the coming days,” said the Government official.
Out of the 110 ambulances, 100 would be used for basic life support and 10 advanced life support ambulances. “The additional manpower for the new 110 ambulances as well as the deficit human resource in the existing 155 ambulances and Control Room would also be taken care of,” said the official.
Besides, medical emergency situations will be taken up for availing free “Home to Hospital Care” ambulance services by the people of Delhi for transportation to the nearest appropriate hospital/institution through toll free number ‘’102’’, added the official.