For the purpose of providing health facilities to patients in remote rural areas, Chief Secretary Dr. DK Tiwari was handed over the keys of five bike ambulance under Aarogyam flagship CSR fund by Indian Oil Corporation Limited here on Saturday.
These bike ambulances will be helpful in taking patients to primary health centers of the villages including Badladih,
Nawadih, Shankarpur, Mathurapur, Sadhujor, Tiljori, Dongi etc. The Chief Secretary flagged off bikes to Deoghar.
On this occasion, the Chief Secretary said that on the initiative of Chief Minister Raghubar Das, the facility of bike ambulance is being provided in the inaccessible areas of the State. Bike ambulance will provide better mobility to patients in remote areas. It will play an important role in the field of health, he said.
Ranjan Kumar Mahapatra, Director (Human Resources), IOCL said that in the first phase, five bike ambulances under the scheme are being handed over to the Health Department, Deoghar. Apart from this, 10 more bike ambulances, 5 for Godda and 5 for Dumka will be given.
On this occasion, Principal Secretary to Chief Minister Sunil Kumar Barnwal, Secretary Industries K. Ravi Kumar, JP Sinha and others were present.