Services of 108 emergency ambulance, 104 expecting mother ambulance and Base ambulances will be merged from Aug 15 onward. Consolidated services will be rendered by the NGO GVK EMRI.

CMHO Dr Sanjeev Taank informed that consolidation of the services will allow for optimal and more efficient utilisation of the available ambulances. He said that the service will now be rendered under the unified banner of “Jeevan Vahini”.

Dr Sanjeev informed that there are currently 27 ambulances providing 108 service, 35 ambulances for expecting mothers and 12 base ambulances. Post Aug 15, all the ambulances will be run under a unified banner.  Based on the call received by common populace, ambulances will be rendered depending on the requirement i.e. 108 wherever there is emergency, 104 for expecting mothers and base ambulances in non-emergency cases. Cross utilisation of ambulances will also happen whenever any particular serving ambulance is not available.