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| JK Govt to outsource ambulance services | | | Ishtiyaq Ahmad
Early Times Report
Srinagar, July 30: The government has decided to outsource operation and maintenance of its ambulance services in the entire state in order to facilitate the patients who need immediate attention of the doctors.
Sources told ET that the government had earlier floated a tender but adequate response was not received However the government now again has floated the tender and this time it has received a good response.
Sources further informed that initiative shall be a joint venture by the health department and the medical supplies corporation to provide high quality services to the needy patients.
Sources said that nearly 300 ambulances of health and medical education department shall be kept at the disposal of the medical corporation which shall operate and monitor the services allotted to the bidder. Sources said that the health department will come up with a Hi-tech Modern Control room both in Jammu and Srinagar for effective monitoring. "The proposed modern control rooms will supervise all ambulances along with real time call in queue status, caller location identification system to locate the caller based on GPS/GIS data of mobile handset, application based real time call transfer to ambulances, application based event log for all ambulance activities and pre-hospital notification system to alert concerned hospitals," sources maintained.
Meanwhile sources said that in violation to the guidelines set up the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare for the ambulances, the health department was using ambulances even without the Basic Life Support (BLS) system.
The Ambulance services must carry equipment and medications as per requirement of treatment protocols, a guideline issued by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare says. It must meet any international standard for Ambulance Supplies specifications".
Sources said that the GPS was not working in existing ambulances in the state thus risking the lives of the people.
The GPS is necessary for the ambulances as every second in a medical emergency can be crucial.
But, although the GPS is fitted in ambulances but is not working thus putting the lives of patients at stake during the emergency," sources maintained. |
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