108 ambulance beneficiaries meet held in Udupi

?Udupi, February 22: The annual meeting of the beneficiaries' of the 108 ambulance, was held at Red Cross Bhavan, Udupi on Monday.

Speaking on the occasion District Manager of the108 Ambulances Vijay KS gave the details of the functioning of 108 ambulances. The 108 emergency ambulance service has attended as many as 6428 cases in the district. Out of them 1866 cases were accident related cases, 948 were labor pain cases, 480 were heart attack cases.

The beneficiaries' meet was organized to popularize the108 ambulances, to optimize its services to the needy, Vijay said. Out of the total 517 ambulances, 11 ambulances had been placed in Udupi, he added.

Speaking on the occasion DHO Dr Ramachandra Bairy said that the 24 hour, 108 ambulance service is free all the people. He called upon the people to make the maximum use of this service and not to misuse the system by making fake calls. He also called upon the people to overcome the myth that the 108 ambulances only pick the injured in the road accident cases. Apart from accident cases, the services can be utilized by the people for heart attack, fits, severe stomach pain, labour pain, burns injuries and other injuries too, Dr Bairy said adding the 108 ambulance should not used to carry the dead bodies.

District Incharge for EMRI 108 Venkatesh Sutrave, fleet head Anil Kumar Patil, Pilot Rajashekhar, Emmergency Medical Technicians Karibasappa NM, Santhosh, Prakash, Vedamurthy, Manja Naika participated in the meet.