Taking a new initiative Medica Heart Institute launched a free emergency ambulance service with life support facility for potential heart attack victims in Dhanbad on Tuesday. The service aims to bring emergency medical care to people’s doorstep, ensuring immediate attention to serious medical cases said Dr. Alok Rai, Chairman of Medica Hospital Group. “The ambulance service will be available for 24 hours to reach the patients with severe pain in the chest and reach potential patients of the heart attack”, he added.
To avail this service, one has to call on 7070392222; the ambulance will reach to the patient within 10 minutes if there will not be any traffic congestion on the road, he said. This ambulance is equipped with state-of-the-art equipment and paramedics so that people suffering from heart attack or chest pain can get immediate treatment. This ambulance is aimed to provide basic life support within 30 minutes of receiving a call for an ambulance in a highly cost-effective service.
Moreover, each ambulance will have on board a Paramedic and a Pilot; both trained in basic life support and safe medical excavation procedures.
According to the Global Burden of Disease Report (September 2017), cardiac death statistics have increased by 59 percent, this number was 23.2 million in 1990 while it increased to 37 million in 2010, said Raj.n According to the Indian Heart Association, 50 percent people suffering from the heart attack in our country are under 50 years of age, while 25 percent are under 40 years of age.
Expressing deep concern Raj said, everyone, knows that the leading cause of death in India is cardiovascular disease. “Because of cardiovascular disease, 1.7 million people died in the country in 2016”.