Advanced life support ambulance for Gurugram

Tribune News Service

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Chandigarh, May 7

The National Health Mission (NHM), Haryana, has given one advanced life suppprt (ALS) ambulance to Gurugram and one neonatal care ambulance to Faridabad.

The NHM is also likely to procure 26 ALS and 16 neonatal care ambulances soon.

Sharing information in this regard, Additional Chief Secretary, Health, Rajeev Arora said Haryana had procured one advanced life support ambulance (ALS) and one neo-natal care ambulance with medical equipment through the government e-Market place (GeM).

While flagging off the ambulance, Arora said the neonatal ambulances were meant for the transportation of the sick / preterm babies to tertiary care centres with expertise having the facility of ventilation and having the provision of neonatal care.

This ambulance was equipped with neonatal transport ventilator and incubator. Transportation of the sick or preterm babies to the centre with expertise and facilities for the provision of neonatal care and safe transport is the motive behind the scheme, he added.

Mission Director, NHM, Prabhjot Singh, while speaking on the occasion said, “ALS ambulance is life-saving protocol and skills that extend basic life support to further support the circulation and provide an open airway and adequate ventilation (breathing). The ALS ambulance is used to transport emergency cases from one health facility to the higher health facility referred by the experts. These ambulances are stationed at district hospitals.

Singh further said, “The state is likely to procure 26 ALS and 16 neonatal care ambulances. The NHM has a fleet of 429 operational ambulances (25 ALS, 297 BLS ambulances, 62 PTA and 39 kilkari/back to home, 6 neonatal ambulances) which are managed by decentralised control rooms operational in 21 districts except Charkhi Dadri.

NHM likely to procure 26 ALS

• The National Health Mission (NHM) is also likely to procure 26 ALS and 16 neonatal care ambulances soon.
• Additional Chief Secretary, Health, Rajeev Arora said Haryana had procured one advanced life support ambulance (ALS) and one neo-natal care ambulance with medical equipment through the government e-Market place.