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Just dial 108 for a mobile medical service in Assam
by Vaschipem
Jorhat
(Assam): People in Assam can now hope to get a fast
medical help during emergency since a special toll-free
mobile medical emergency service has been made available
to them here. Besides having a trained Pilot and a skilled
EMT the special medical service, is equipped with the
various latest equipments like Cardiac Monitor, cardiac
defibrillator, Nebulizer, Ventilator, portable X-ray machine
and all emergency drugs, that are not even available in
various hospitals of the region. 'Mrityunjoy mobile emergency
response service', will help the needy during emergency,
was launched recently in Assam Assam Chief Minister Tarun
Gogoi flagged off the first of its kind service in the
north-east region in Jorhat recently. The medical service
has made Assam the eighth State of the country offering
such a facility. 'Mrityunjoy', the free mobile medical
service in emergency will be available round-the-clock.
Accessible on a toll free number '108', the special medical
service will provide a big solace to local residents during
medical emergency. Bhabha Goswami, one resident, said:
"It will be benefit Assamese, especially the poor and
the downtrodden during emergency. We do hope that it is
a great step taken by the Assam government to benefit
the general and poor people." Sudeepta Goswami, one local
resident, said: "It is nice to learn that if we dial 108,
we'll get the facility at hand. It is a sophisticated
ambulance equipped with all the required medical facilities
along with one pilot and a technician who is also skilled."
The service would be fully active across the 27 districts
of Assam when all its 280 ambulances function from March
2009..
-Dec
4, 2008
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