‘Arogya Kavacha 108’ ambulances flagged off in City

‘Arogya Kavacha 108’ ambulances flagged off in City

27.03.10 Mangalore : The District-in-Charge Minister Krishna J Palemar flagged off seven new ‘Arogya Kavacha 108’ ambulances for the District as part of the Arogya Kavacha scheme of the State Government of Karnataka, near Deputy Commissioner’s office, in Mangalore, on March 27, Saturday.

The total number of ambulances across the Dakshina Kannada district has gone up to 19 with the launch of new 7 health care vehicles, said Palemar speaking on the occasion

He also said that, each ambulance, which can be called by dialing 108. Further 104 ambulance will be implemented which will have a specialist to treat patients while they are being shifted to hospital of their choice.

V Ponnuraj, the Deputy Commissioner said that in case of an emergency, one has to just dial 108 for a fully equipped state-of-the-art ambulance to reach their doorstep within 20 minutes anywhere in the city.

He also said that the pre-hospitalizations treatment is free of cost in the ambulance.

According to numbers released by the government recently, a total of 4.12 lakh patients have benefited from the ambulance since November 1, 2008 across the state. These include over 1.2 lakh pregnancy related calls.