Bhubaneswar: In order to further boost to emergency health care, Odisha government has approved the proposal for procurement of 70 more ambulances.
The new ambulances will be addition to the existing fleet of 108 ambulances. Out of these, 30 would be advanced life support (ALS) and 40 would be basic life support (BLS) ambulances.
In a letter to superintendents of all medical college and hospitals and Chief District medical & Public Health Officers on Tuesday, secretary, Health and Family Welfare department Shalini Pandit directed to engage ambulance care assistants, drivers and EMTs by end of November.
Pandit directed to keep the crew members in readiness with appropriate orientation for running the ambulances as and when they would be placed with superintendents of medical colleges and district authorities.
Each ambulance would have three support staff including the driver. They would operate in 3 shifts.
These additional ambulances would be used for support to BSKY patients referred to private hospitals, perform jail duties and special event duties.
The funds for fuel and payment to ambulance staff have been provisioned under concerned head of account, the secretary said.
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