Health and Family Welfare Minister Amar Agrawal flagged off 20 ambulances on Wednesday here at his residence. These ambulances will take pregnant women to nearby hospitals for delivery.
It is noteworthy that the ambulance services have been made available in District Hospitals and Community Health Centers of State to promote the institutional deliveries. On the occasion, Health Minister Amar Agrawal said that the free ambulance service has been facilitated so as to encourage pregnant women to go for institutional deliveries under expert medical supervision, and thereby avoid the fatal complications arising due to unavailability of timely medical aid.
Minister Agrawal said that about 414 ambulances are already operating in the state, and now 20 more ambulances have been facilitated for the districts, where required number of ambulances was not available. Moreover, as many as 240 Sanjeevani 108 ambulances are also being operated at district and block-level.
These collective efforts have led to the significant increase in number of institutional deliveries in Chhattisgarh State. Minister Agrawal said that this ambulance service is available at all district hospitals and community health centers for free of cost. It is noteworthy that these ambulances have been made available under European Union State Partnership.
The ambulances flagged off on Wednesday have been facilitated for Sukma, Kondagaon, Mungeli, Bemetara, Gariaband, Baloda-Bazar-Bhatapara, Balod, Surajpur, Balrampur-Ramanujganj, Janjgir-Champa, Raigarh, Jashpur, Bijapur, Kabeerdham, Narayanpur, Jagdalpur, Kanker, Raipur and Bilaspur districts.