{"id":47697,"date":"2015-07-30T18:12:00","date_gmt":"2015-07-30T12:42:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mapsofindia.com\/my-india\/?p=47697"},"modified":"2015-07-31T17:19:14","modified_gmt":"2015-07-31T11:49:14","slug":"home-to-hospital-scheme-to-provide-free-ambulance-services-in-the-city","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mapsofindia.com\/my-india\/government\/home-to-hospital-scheme-to-provide-free-ambulance-services-in-the-city","title":{"rendered":"Home to Hospital Scheme: To Provide Free Ambulance Services in the City"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Delhi\u2019s AAP government has approved the scheme to provide free ambulance services in the capital. The decision was made recently in a cabinet meeting, the chairperson of which was Delhi\u2019s chief minister Arvind Kejriwal.<\/p>\n

Name of the scheme<\/h3>\n

The AAP Government has named this scheme as “Home to Hospital” scheme. The services as per the scheme will be provided by Centralized Accident & Trauma Services (CATS), an autonomous body under the Government of NCT of Delhi.<\/p>\n

Features of the scheme<\/h3>\n

\u2022 Under the scheme, 110 additional new ambulances will be procured. At present, there are 155 ambulances plying in the city. The total number of ambulances will now be 265.
\n\u2022 A modern, state-of-the-art Control Room will also be set up to monitor the movement of these ambulances in offering effective and quick emergency services.
\n\u2022 100 ambulances will be equipped with basic life support systems.
\n\u2022 In 10 ambulances, there will be advanced life support systems.
\n\u2022 There are also plans of hiring more manpower and experienced staff to run these ambulances as well as the control room. At present, there is a deficit of human resources in the existing ambulances.<\/p>\n

Free services<\/h3>\n

Free CATS services will be made available under the scheme in emergency situations. These include accident and trauma victims, victims of sexual assault and transportation of pregnant women for delivery and post-delivery. Also, under the “Home to Hospital” scheme, people can avail the free ambulance services under the following situations:<\/p>\n

\u2022 Injuries of chest, abdomen, pelvis or spine
\n\u2022 Head injuries
\n\u2022 Crush injuries
\n\u2022 Severe allergy
\n\u2022 Drowning
\n\u2022 Drowsiness or unconsciousness
\n\u2022 Breathing problems
\n\u2022 Severe chest and abdomen pain
\n\u2022 Deep cuts and bleeding
\n\u2022 Poisoning
\n\u2022 Any burn caused by electric shock or lighting
\n\u2022 Any other life threatening or medical emergencies
\n\u2022 Inter-hospital transfers etc.<\/p>\n

Emergency number to contact free ambulance services<\/h3>\n

The toll-free number is 102.<\/p>\n

To sum up:<\/strong> This is indeed a very good initiative undertaken by the AAP government. The basic motive is to improve the healthcare delivery system in the city. Such ambulance service will pick up the patient from his doorstep to any hospital he would want to go, whether private or government, absolutely free. How far the ambulance services will be prompt and effective, only time will tell\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Delhi\u2019s AAP government has approved the scheme to provide free ambulance services in the capital. The decision was made recently in a cabinet meeting, the chairperson of which was Delhi\u2019s chief minister Arvind Kejriwal. Name of the scheme The AAP Government has named this scheme as “Home to Hospital” scheme. The services as per the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1813,"featured_media":47943,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,26],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-47697","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-government","8":"category-society"},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mapsofindia.com\/my-india\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47697","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mapsofindia.com\/my-india\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mapsofindia.com\/my-india\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mapsofindia.com\/my-india\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1813"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mapsofindia.com\/my-india\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=47697"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.mapsofindia.com\/my-india\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47697\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":47944,"href":"https:\/\/www.mapsofindia.com\/my-india\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47697\/revisions\/47944"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mapsofindia.com\/my-india\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/47943"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mapsofindia.com\/my-india\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=47697"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mapsofindia.com\/my-india\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=47697"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mapsofindia.com\/my-india\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=47697"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}