Tuesday, September 11, 2018
- Chandigarh, Sept 11 – Haryana Health Minister, Mr. Anil Vij said that 458 ambulances would be purchased for facilitating the patients in the state. For this, tenders have been floated for about 150 ambulances.
- Mr. Vij said that the procedure to purchase remaining number of ambulances would soon be completed. He said that at present 358 ambulances are providing services in the state. All ambulances are equipped with adequate quantity of fuel and all are being driven by trained drivers. These ambulances include one general ambulance equipped with oxygen cylinder and other ambulance has advance life support system ventilator in it. Such ambulance is being made available in each district.
- The Minister said that the Health Department is going to set up one call centre for the entire state from where all ambulances in the state would be monitored.