The objective is to reduce
time taken to shift patient to hospital
A model of two-wheeler
ambulance that the government is contemplating introducing in Bangalore was
unveiled on Sunday by the Health Minister U.T. Khader when he came riding it to
inaugurate the Pulse Polio immunisation drive at Ghousia Hospital here on
Sunday.
The two-wheeler ambulance
has a first-aid kit using which the rider of the vehicle would provided needed
medical care to the patient before shifted him/her to a four-wheeler ambulance.
Mr. Khader, who rode the
two-wheeler ambulance from his residence in Jayamahal to the venue of the Pulse
Polio drive, said that the two-wheeler ambulance would reduce the delay caused
due to traffic jam while shifting the patient to hospital. He also said that
the two-wheeler ambulance would, however, require some modifications. “We have
asked the two-wheeler ambulance manufacturers to make provision for
administering oxygen to patient during emergency. Without oxygen, the ambulance
would serve no purpose. If the oxygen mask is fixed, it would stabilise the
patient’s condition,” Mr. Khader added.
The Minister said that the
two-wheeler ambulance would be introduced in parts of the city where traffic
density is high.
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