8.83l patients ferried by 108 Sanjeevni Express so far: Govt

The ‘108 Sanjeevni Express’ had transported about 8.83 lakh patients to various hospitals so far since it started its service in Chhattisgarh, officials stated.

This includes 2.23 lakh pregnant women who were ferried to hospitals for deliveries.About 1.30 lakh accident victims have been carried by 108 ambulances and 28,454 injured in other mishaps have been ferried to hospitals.

About 23,000 heart-attack patients and 24,000 patients suffering from breathing and other related illnesses have been saved by the life-saving ambulances.

About 8.31 lakh phone calls have been registered this year till May 2015. The Sanjeevni Express had transported about 1.3 lakh patients to hospitals and saved their precious lives.

It is to be mentioned that about 1 crore phone calls were registered for availing the ‘108 Sanjeevni Express Service’ during the past four years.

Chief Minister Raman Singh launched the project on January 25, 2011.State Health Department has also introduced an e-tracking system for online health monitoring of pregnant and lactating mothers, officials stated.The State Government has also distributed mobile phones to ANMs and health workers for uploading data into software.

Recently, computer Tablets have also been distributed to ANMs of urban areas. Through this system, information about expected delivery, institutional delivery, Janani Suraksha Yojana, vaccination, mother and child mortality rate is easily accessible.Many schemes are being implemented to ensure better health of pregnant women in State. It is the result of these schemes that maternal mortality rate has declined significantly.

Under this system, launched in 2010, registration of married couples or pregnant women is conducted by ANMs at sub-health centres, primary health centres, and community health centres. later a job chart is made, in which details regarding check-ups, medicines and physical health of the beneficiary women during pregnancy, i.e. right from the time of conceiving to the time of delivery, are recorded. It also includes the information about essential vaccinations for newly-born from the day of birth to the time he/she reaches five years of age.Entire information is uploaded in the software through computer, tablet and mobile.

The Central Government has also launched similar system named "Mamta".