Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar on February 8 launched a motorcycle ambulance service to provide quick medical help to patients in need in the coastal state.
Motorbike Ambulance :
Goa Chief Minister on February 8 launched a motorcycle ambulance service to provide quick medical help to patients in need in the coastal state. CM Parrikar, in presence of Health Minister Vishwajit Rane, unveiled a batch of 20 two-wheeler ambulances which would be deputed in high-risk areas like the coastal belt.
CM Parrikar, in presence of Health Minister Vishwajit Rane, unveiled a batch of 20 two-wheeler ambulances which would be deputed in high-risk areas like the coastal belt.
Facilities in Bike :
These bikes will be equipped with medical facilities, including oxygen cylinders. Parrikar while talking to the media said that these two-wheeler ambulances would be the first responder vehicles which will reach to a person in emergency providing him with the necessary medical relief. “They are fitted with all equipment required to revive a patient. These two-wheelers will not get stuck in traffic and are capable to reach inaccessible and narrow areas. Four-wheeler ambulances will follow this two-wheeler ones,” the Chief Minister said.
The two-wheeler ambulance will revive and stabilise a patient who will be carried to the hospital in the regular four-wheeler ambulance, Parrikar said. Rane said the state government intends to depute 100 such ambulances during the current year with the participation of private players under their corporate social responsibility initiative.
Meanwhile, the Goa CM was admitted to Mumbai’s Lilavati Hospital for the treatment of pancreatitis. However, it is reported that Parrikar will attend the state Budget Session which will kick off from February 19. Parrikar was reportedly diagnosed with mild pancreatitis and is under observation. “CM is under monitoring for his inflamed pancreas at Lilavati Hospital, Mumbai and has not been advised any surgery. He will be attending the assembly session which is scheduled to begin from 19th February,” quoted the statement from CMO.